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Blankety-blank : Amanda Laugesen on Swearing and the Art of the Euphemism
Amanda Laugesen
(presenter),
Southbank
:
Australian Book Review, Inc.
,
2020
23439954
2020
single work
podcast
'Amanda Laugesen, historian and lexicographer, is director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre at the ANU. In her latest book, the evocatively titled Rooted, Amanda considers the bountiful history of bad language in Australia. Her column in the December issue of ABR is devoted to the quaint old euphemism. Amanda talks about the inventive ways in which writers and editors have tried to placate the censor while also celebrating profanity. ' (Production summary)
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y
Blankety-blank : Amanda Laugesen on Swearing and the Art of the Euphemism
Amanda Laugesen
(presenter),
Southbank
:
Australian Book Review, Inc.
,
2020
23439954
2020
single work
podcast
'Amanda Laugesen, historian and lexicographer, is director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre at the ANU. In her latest book, the evocatively titled Rooted, Amanda considers the bountiful history of bad language in Australia. Her column in the December issue of ABR is devoted to the quaint old euphemism. Amanda talks about the inventive ways in which writers and editors have tried to placate the censor while also celebrating profanity. ' (Production summary)
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