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A review by balletbookworm
Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr
4.0
The first book I started in 2020!
I picked this up after Sarah MacLean rec'd it on an episode of the Fated Mates podcast on an early interstitial episode iirc (hi, I only started listening to that podcast in December bc I'm late to the party). It's a little dry in places - you get an unexpected dose of Church history - but Mohr is also unexpectedly droll in her asides and footnotes. I really enjoyed the examination of how swearing has changed over millenia. Definitely recommend if you're into language.
I picked this up after Sarah MacLean rec'd it on an episode of the Fated Mates podcast on an early interstitial episode iirc (hi, I only started listening to that podcast in December bc I'm late to the party). It's a little dry in places - you get an unexpected dose of Church history - but Mohr is also unexpectedly droll in her asides and footnotes. I really enjoyed the examination of how swearing has changed over millenia. Definitely recommend if you're into language.