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Thursday Open Thread | 90 comments (84 topical, 6 editorial, 0 hidden)

Wow! I have never seen "cunt" on any blog. I must have been living a sheltered blogging life so far.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 04:28:55 AM EST
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Re: Thursday Open Thread (4.00 / 2)

Indeed. A check in the ET archives shows it has been used 30 times (several are, or may be, simple typos), but no mention of McCain's characterization of his wife, which I was expecting to find.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 04:48:49 AM EST
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Re: Thursday Open Thread (none / 1)

Have any of the uses been other than in discussion of the word?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 04:50:04 AM EST
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Re: Thursday Open Thread (none / 1)

I didn't check them all, but most of them are indeed in linguistic discussions or in quotes of what other people had to say about Berlusconi.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Fri Aug 29th, 2008 at 04:53:52 AM EST
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