18th century slang is the shit: look for this on a hiphop CD soon:
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Thu Aug-11-05 08:19 AM
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18th century slang is the shit: look for this on a hiphop CD soon: |
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Edited on Thu Aug-11-05 08:26 AM by Richardo
I'm reading '1776' by David McCullough and came across this contemporaneous description of the prostitutes in Old New York that were corrupting our patriot rebel forces:
"Bitchfoxly"
If that is not an Outkast album title I don't know what is. (Really - I don't know any Outkast album titles.)
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Thu Aug-11-05 08:20 AM
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"i fucked once, but minded my puLLbacks"
hiLarious defense by one john adams, of a man accused of aduLtery.
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Thu Aug-11-05 08:31 AM
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2. check out "The Sotweed Factor" |
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both the novel by John Barth and the original poem by Ebenexer Cooke....have plenty of 17th and 18th century 'slang'....some of it quite vulgar, but hilarious
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