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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
Grrrr!
-- ~*Catherine*~ |
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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
Good question, since Word's lexicon is (or at least at one time was) based
on the American Heritage Dictionary, which, when it first came out back in the '60s, was notorious for being the first dictionary to include some common "swear words." But you can add them to your custom dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Con Con" wrote in message ... Grrrr! -- ~*Catherine*~ |
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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
I remember being flabbergasted when I found a notorious 4-letter word in the
American Heritage dictionary I bought back in 1974. I figured it must have been a good dictionary if it even included *that* word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Good question, since Word's lexicon is (or at least at one time was) based on the American Heritage Dictionary, which, when it first came out back in the '60s, was notorious for being the first dictionary to include some common "swear words." But you can add them to your custom dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Con Con" wrote in message ... Grrrr! -- ~*Catherine*~ |
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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
It's just an acronym JoAnn. They used to put the initials of the charges in
the margins of criminal legal pleadings. Hence for unlawful carnal knowledge. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I remember being flabbergasted when I found a notorious 4-letter word in the American Heritage dictionary I bought back in 1974. I figured it must have been a good dictionary if it even included *that* word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Good question, since Word's lexicon is (or at least at one time was) based on the American Heritage Dictionary, which, when it first came out back in the '60s, was notorious for being the first dictionary to include some common "swear words." But you can add them to your custom dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Con Con" wrote in message ... Grrrr! -- ~*Catherine*~ |
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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
I've heard that theory as well as one that says the word is derived for a
Germanic word that means to strike, move quickly, or penetrate. I've also heard that the word was used in a vulgar context as early as the 15th century. I tend to believe the latter since acronyms really didn't get develop until the 20th century. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Carol" wrote in message ... It's just an acronym JoAnn. They used to put the initials of the charges in the margins of criminal legal pleadings. Hence for unlawful carnal knowledge. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I remember being flabbergasted when I found a notorious 4-letter word in the American Heritage dictionary I bought back in 1974. I figured it must have been a good dictionary if it even included *that* word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Good question, since Word's lexicon is (or at least at one time was) based on the American Heritage Dictionary, which, when it first came out back in the '60s, was notorious for being the first dictionary to include some common "swear words." But you can add them to your custom dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Con Con" wrote in message ... Grrrr! -- ~*Catherine*~ |
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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
Nonsense. That's folk etymology. Any good dictionary (including the American
Heritage) that includes derivations will tell you the true derivation; the word has cognates in many other Indo-European languages. See the section on "False etymologies" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**** -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Carol" wrote in message ... It's just an acronym JoAnn. They used to put the initials of the charges in the margins of criminal legal pleadings. Hence for unlawful carnal knowledge. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I remember being flabbergasted when I found a notorious 4-letter word in the American Heritage dictionary I bought back in 1974. I figured it must have been a good dictionary if it even included *that* word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Good question, since Word's lexicon is (or at least at one time was) based on the American Heritage Dictionary, which, when it first came out back in the '60s, was notorious for being the first dictionary to include some common "swear words." But you can add them to your custom dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Con Con" wrote in message ... Grrrr! -- ~*Catherine*~ |
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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
I'm always open to suggestion - that's how we all learn. It sounded
plausible to me. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I've heard that theory as well as one that says the word is derived for a Germanic word that means to strike, move quickly, or penetrate. I've also heard that the word was used in a vulgar context as early as the 15th century. I tend to believe the latter since acronyms really didn't get develop until the 20th century. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Carol" wrote in message ... It's just an acronym JoAnn. They used to put the initials of the charges in the margins of criminal legal pleadings. Hence for unlawful carnal knowledge. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I remember being flabbergasted when I found a notorious 4-letter word in the American Heritage dictionary I bought back in 1974. I figured it must have been a good dictionary if it even included *that* word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Good question, since Word's lexicon is (or at least at one time was) based on the American Heritage Dictionary, which, when it first came out back in the '60s, was notorious for being the first dictionary to include some common "swear words." But you can add them to your custom dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Con Con" wrote in message ... Grrrr! -- ~*Catherine*~ |
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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
Thanks Suzanne. I can always count on you to set me straight in no uncertain
terms! Keep us the great work! -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Nonsense. That's folk etymology. Any good dictionary (including the American Heritage) that includes derivations will tell you the true derivation; the word has cognates in many other Indo-European languages. See the section on "False etymologies" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**** -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Carol" wrote in message ... It's just an acronym JoAnn. They used to put the initials of the charges in the margins of criminal legal pleadings. Hence for unlawful carnal knowledge. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I remember being flabbergasted when I found a notorious 4-letter word in the American Heritage dictionary I bought back in 1974. I figured it must have been a good dictionary if it even included *that* word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Good question, since Word's lexicon is (or at least at one time was) based on the American Heritage Dictionary, which, when it first came out back in the '60s, was notorious for being the first dictionary to include some common "swear words." But you can add them to your custom dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Con Con" wrote in message ... Grrrr! -- ~*Catherine*~ |
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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
It does - but there are few words that started that way.
-- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Carol" wrote in message ... I'm always open to suggestion - that's how we all learn. It sounded plausible to me. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I've heard that theory as well as one that says the word is derived for a Germanic word that means to strike, move quickly, or penetrate. I've also heard that the word was used in a vulgar context as early as the 15th century. I tend to believe the latter since acronyms really didn't get develop until the 20th century. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Carol" wrote in message ... It's just an acronym JoAnn. They used to put the initials of the charges in the margins of criminal legal pleadings. Hence for unlawful carnal knowledge. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I remember being flabbergasted when I found a notorious 4-letter word in the American Heritage dictionary I bought back in 1974. I figured it must have been a good dictionary if it even included *that* word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Good question, since Word's lexicon is (or at least at one time was) based on the American Heritage Dictionary, which, when it first came out back in the '60s, was notorious for being the first dictionary to include some common "swear words." But you can add them to your custom dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Con Con" wrote in message ... Grrrr! -- ~*Catherine*~ |
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Why are there no swear words in the Word dictionary?!
Yep, you see the same sort of thing for POSH (Port Out, Starboard Home) and
OK (numerous theories and no certain derivation). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote in message ... It does - but there are few words that started that way. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Carol" wrote in message ... I'm always open to suggestion - that's how we all learn. It sounded plausible to me. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I've heard that theory as well as one that says the word is derived for a Germanic word that means to strike, move quickly, or penetrate. I've also heard that the word was used in a vulgar context as early as the 15th century. I tend to believe the latter since acronyms really didn't get develop until the 20th century. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Carol" wrote in message ... It's just an acronym JoAnn. They used to put the initials of the charges in the margins of criminal legal pleadings. Hence for unlawful carnal knowledge. -- Carol A. Bratt, MCP "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I remember being flabbergasted when I found a notorious 4-letter word in the American Heritage dictionary I bought back in 1974. I figured it must have been a good dictionary if it even included *that* word. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Good question, since Word's lexicon is (or at least at one time was) based on the American Heritage Dictionary, which, when it first came out back in the '60s, was notorious for being the first dictionary to include some common "swear words." But you can add them to your custom dictionary. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Con Con" wrote in message ... Grrrr! -- ~*Catherine*~ |
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