My Say: It is in the pronunciation
When my kids were admonished by my husband, the good cop in family discipline, for using vulgar terms they created their own vocabulary:
Shithole became Shi-thole pronounced like shoal
Ass hole became A-shole again pronounced like shoal
Shithead became Sh-thead pronounced like need.
The meaning of their invectives were the same but sounded better.
As for President Trump’s uncouth language, Roger Kimball- always witty and erudite…points out:
“…..the potency of taboo is still strong in our superficially rational culture. There are some things—quite a few, actually, and the list keeps growing—about which one cannot speak the truth or, in many cases, even raise as a subject for discussion without violating the unspoken pact of liberal sanctimoniousness…….”Uncouth. Crude. But was it untrue?We live in a surreal moment when it becomes ever harder to tell the truth about sensitive subjects. Donald Trump has strutted across our timid landscape like a wrecking ball, telling truths, putting noses out of joint. The toffs will never forgive him, but I suspect the American people have stronger stomachs and are up to the task.” rsk
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