ZOUNDS!
circa 1600, oath of surprise or anger, contraction from God's wounds!
"Under certain circumstances,
profanity provides a relief
denied even to prayer."
- Mark Twain
I have Elu, the Apache shaman,teach both McCordand his son,Victor Standishthat profanity shrivelsyour quiver of wordsand what does thathobbles your mind.What hobbles your mind,limits your thinking.And your wits are allthat stand between you and the world.
It seems that "F--k" has become the duct tape of modern dialogue.Without it, Samuel L. Jackson would be almost mute in most of his non-MCU films!
That fact is even satirized in the comedy, The Hitman's Bodyguard.
Do you use profanity in your books?
Does it bother you when you
read it in other books?
Does it add the illusion of reality
to novels, do you think?
Published on April 29, 2019 22:00