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A talk about the 'C'-word

As requested by sheepthief following his poll on the most offensive swearword.

This is a talk I gave at Damn Fine Convention in Shepperton a couple of years back.

It is NOT worksafe, for reasons of vocabulary, although there are no illustrations.

It's also totally plagiarised from an academic paper I found.

Credits as soon as I can find them. EDIT: It's by Matthew Hunt. When I gave this talk, his homepage was down and I had to trace a copy in the Wayback Machine, but it's back up again now as C*nt: A Cultural History. His dissertation is 19,000 words with complete references; I trimmed it to a more accessible 7,000 words. Most of his site is dead links and even the link on the opening page to the paper itself is dead, but it is generally regarded as the most authoritative study on the subject around and is widely cited. I believe it won him a Master's Degree, and justly so, although reverendjim did point out some errata and omissions.

Enjoy.

Comments very welcome.

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