How to Swear

Name: How to Swear
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781785036415
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By Stephen Wildish

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How to Swear by Stephen Wildish is a humorous exploration of the art of swearing, perfect for those who appreciate a colourful vocabulary. The book playfully delves into various swearing techniques and their linguistic origins. It's a light-hearted guide meant to entertain and educate on the creative possibilities of curse words.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a fascination with the art of swearing and appreciate humour that explores language in a clever and entertaining way. It's perfect for those who enjoy witty insights into the quirks of communication.

How to Swear

Grasping how to swear is a crucial skill to any English-speaker, but it can be a tricky business. Owing to the rich and complex history of swearing, a single word can have a host of different meanings – from expressing surprise, excitement, anger, celebration, disgust or simply that you’re fucked off.

Know your shit, or know you're shit - the essential swearing guide.

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Know your shit, or know you're shit - the essential swearing guide.

Grasping how to swear is a crucial skill for any English-speaker, but it can be a tricky business. Owing to the rich and complex history of swearing, a single word can have a host of different meanings - from expressing surprise, excitement, anger, celebration, disgust or simply that you're fucked off. If you don't get it right, you could really be in the shit.

How to Swear, by graphic artist and swearing-connoisseur Stephen Wildish, uses all manner of charts and flow diagrams to teach you all you need to know, including the building blocks of an effective insult; the adverbial uses of various types of animal excrement (horseshit, apeshit etc); and the different parts of speech a swear word can fulfil - 'Fucking fuck, the fucking fucker's fucked'.

This charming (and rude) book will take you right to the heart of the wondrous world of swearing, with a lot of laughs on the way.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781785036415

Publisher: Ebury Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 October 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Ebury Press

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 437g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Stephen Wildish is a graphic designer specialising in illustration and infographics. He is the author of How to Swear, How to Adult and How to Vegan, and lives in Marlborough.

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