Fair of speech : the uses of euphemism /
16 essays that reveal the behaviour, beliefs and fears that prompt us to circumlocate some of the more basic facts of life.
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1985.
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Table of Contents:
- Mother or maid? An introduction / D.J. Enright
- An outline history of euphemisms in English / Robert Burchfield
- Euphemisms in Greece and Rome / Jasper Griffin
- Soft soap and the nitty-gritty / Robert M. Adams
- Sex and euphemism / Joseph Epstein
- Euphemism and argot in France / Richard Cobb
- Euphemisms and children / Catherine Storr
- In the office / Jeremy Lewis
- Elizabeth Bennet's fine eyes / Patricia Beer
- Euphemisms and the media / Derwent May
- The law / David Pannick
- Do doctors mean what they say? / Diane Johnson and John F. Murray
- The religious speak-easy / Peter Mullen
- Politics / Simon Hoggart
- The state / Robert Nisbet
- Intimations of mortality / John Gross.