Filthy English: The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing

Silverton, Peter

ISBN 10: 1846271681 / ISBN 13: 9781846271687

Published by Portobello Books Ltd, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Filthy English: The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing
• Publisher: Portobello Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846271681
• ISBN 13: 9781846271687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 500 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Explores swearing and the impact of its acceptability on our language, our manners, and our society. This book considers how we have become more openly emotional, yet more wary about insulting others.

About the Author

Peter Silverton has been a journalist for 30 years. He started as features editor at Sounds in 1976, covered punk, went on the Anarchy tour bus with the Sex Pistols and Clash, and later wrote Glen Matlock's autobiography, I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol. He has also worked as an editor at the Guardian, the Mail on Sunday, the Sunday Express, and Time Out.