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I recently read a discussion which dealt with the subject is it correct to use offensive language when publishing an article or book? Some seemed to think that if you had to sink to the use of such language the writing was in some way devalued.
Others thought it was of value when it provided authenticity to their characters and situations. They emphasised that publications must reflect the way people talk. Certainly, you can’t watch a film or TV after a certain time, or hear people talk in the street without hearing colourful language.
Take Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Joyce as examples, all these great writers have used what may be classified as extreme language. It was only between 1840 to 1914 that literature could be classified as puritanical, (what could you expect when Victorians insisted on covering table legs, thinking if they were ‘unclothed’ they were indecent).
While we should…
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