tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post2964593428274850147..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Georgia cussingMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-65122806876685903302011-10-07T13:29:35.458-04:002011-10-07T13:29:35.458-04:00I grew up using these words. I'm 38 so I thin...I grew up using these words. I'm 38 so I think some held on a while. The stronger words were saved for times when adults were not around. I've always found it ironic that kids don't cuss around adults and adults don't cuss around kids. Both are trying to protect the other I guess:)Scott Thompsonhttp://www.garyscottthompson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-12235124241945076462011-10-01T15:24:39.539-04:002011-10-01T15:24:39.539-04:00Robbi,
That is a loss!
About the radish: well, i...Robbi,<br /><br />That is a loss!<br /><br />About the radish: well, it's applied to a person, obviously one who has just committed some piece of Wodehousian idiocy. Steaming does suggest manure. Though it's just one radish: less so.<br /><br />Maybe Paul or Clive will know...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-83057992827128263752011-10-01T14:55:41.309-04:002011-10-01T14:55:41.309-04:00I like the "steaming radish" one. I assu...I like the "steaming radish" one. I assume it's an oblique reference to horse manure.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-13100048844726725502011-10-01T14:55:06.410-04:002011-10-01T14:55:06.410-04:00I gather that Yiddish has some choice curses, but ...I gather that Yiddish has some choice curses, but my parents didn't speak it (after they began school, anyhow) so I never learned them.<br />These are fine, all-American expletives!Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-85323764965780723712011-10-01T13:49:49.594-04:002011-10-01T13:49:49.594-04:00Dale,
She was a good woman and a fine minimalist,...Dale,<br /><br />She was a good woman and a fine minimalist, no doubt!<br /><br />Then there are those who simply lift one eyebrow...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-64346730802844202942011-10-01T11:45:46.525-04:002011-10-01T11:45:46.525-04:00My grandmother, who never to my knowledge ever swo...My grandmother, who never to my knowledge ever swore, even once, could get extraordinary mileage out of an outraged "Well!"Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-421275389740535822011-10-01T09:35:14.341-04:002011-10-01T09:35:14.341-04:00My favorite Wodehouse put-down is "the great ...My favorite Wodehouse put-down is "the great steaming radish!"marlyhttp://www.marlyyoumans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-66266810299719098782011-10-01T03:39:11.414-04:002011-10-01T03:39:11.414-04:00Strung all together like that they make the perfec...Strung all together like that they make the perfect curse, and I fear I'm already in the process of learning them! They will save me from the more explosive expletives that you, my dear Marly, have occasionally... and much to my embarrassment... heard from my lips!<br /><br />(Though I'm given to the less offensive Bertie Wooster-ish 'Crikey!' from time to time.)Clive Hicks-Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573698513351018726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-19035486371089284692011-10-01T01:51:42.260-04:002011-10-01T01:51:42.260-04:00"Gosh!"
How under-whelming a response..."Gosh!" <br /><br />How under-whelming a response! Comic.<br /><br />Of course, we are attracted to English cussing!<br /><br />He probably did! Though of course it comes from something else entirely...marly youmanshttp://www.marlyyoumans.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-2882507384036320792011-10-01T01:15:09.807-04:002011-10-01T01:15:09.807-04:00I used never to be good at cursing (or the lighter...I used never to be good at cursing (or the lighter cussin' either) when I was younger. Well, forty, anyway.<br /><br />I remember my mother being most impressed on one particular occasion. We were driving along country lanes late one winter night and there was precious little light. A cloudy night. A car ran into us at speed and we lurched forward in our seats pulling hard upon our Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.com