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Cultivating cussedness by a language scholar in Wisconsin
Waukesha AP report profiles Reinhold Aman a Bavarian born linguist and editor of Maledicta who studies global profanity and argues for a book named Name Calling Made Easy. He notes ten thousand strong vocabulary and cites Hungarian and Yiddish swearing as highly inventive while Americans lag. He was fired from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 1972 over his field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Loh
Aman
Maledicta
Killingsgate
Deep South
Billy Carter
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee