[WikiEN-l] Grape Lane (euph.)

[Durova]

If anyone is inspired to try a sequel there was a Mount Whoredom in colonial
Boston.  Center left, second hill from the shoreline.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boston,_1775bsmall1.png

-Durova

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Tim Starling wrote:
> >
> > I suspect frequent editors of Wikipedia have long since become
> > desensitized to obscene language, thanks to the constant stream of it
> > that gets inserted into articles as vandalism, and written all over
> > their user talk pages as revenge for reverting that vanadalism. I for
> > one enjoy reading about history and etymology, and have read articles
> > on obscene words and euphemism sequences with interest.
> >
> A good recommendation on those lines, is our article on the
> man who coined the phrase "Make love, not war."
>
> That phrase is not all he is known for. [[Gershon Legman]]s
> brick sized work on dirty jokes is one of the most cherished
> treasures I found as a pre-teen, while playing hookie from
> school, and spending leisurely days combing through the
> bookshelves of the Helsinki University Library.
>
> > The featured article choices that really rile me are the pop culture
> > trivia, like individual episodes from TV series.
> >
> > But whatever offends you about a feature article choice, regular
> > Wikipedians probably know that there's not much point trying to
> > convince Raul654 of anything.
> >
>
> +1
>
>
> Yours,
>
> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
>
>
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