Re: RARA-AVIS: Heavy cursing included

From: pabergin ( pabergin@gte.net)
Date: 17 Mar 2000


Juri asked:
,>it made me think when the words
>"fuck" and "fucking" got accepted into literature, i.e. what was the
>first book where those words were mentioned. And what was the first
>film?

Sir Richard Burton is generally credited with the first use of "fuck." In his Memoirs, I believe. No idea as far as films go, but the word's first use in a song was probably John Lennon's "Working Class Hero." PB

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