Comments on: Censoring the Dictionary http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/04/14/censoring-the-dictionary/ Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:40:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Censoring the Dictionary, Part Two: Profanity through the eyes of Apple : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/04/14/censoring-the-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Censoring the Dictionary, Part Two: Profanity through the eyes of Apple : Notes from a Linguistic Mystic Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:03:40 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/04/14/censoring-the-dictionary/#comment-223 [...] Saturday, I posted about Apple’s guide to blocking “profanity” in the Dictionary applicatio.... Well, shortly after I finished the post, I became curious about the blocking itself, and began to [...] [...] Saturday, I posted about Apple’s guide to blocking “profanity” in the Dictionary applicatio…. Well, shortly after I finished the post, I became curious about the blocking itself, and began to [...]

]]> By: Mark James Adams http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/04/14/censoring-the-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Mark James Adams Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:13:49 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2007/04/14/censoring-the-dictionary/#comment-222 Is there a large body of literature on cursing? What I find funny is that the dictionary really doesn't tell you much about how the word is used. If Johnny is looking it up in the dictionary just to have a snicker, he probably already knows how to use it. Is there a large body of literature on cursing?

What I find funny is that the dictionary really doesn’t tell you much about how the word is used. If Johnny is looking it up in the dictionary just to have a snicker, he probably already knows how to use it.

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