MistyLaraCarrara opened this issue on Sep 30, 2014 · 9 posts
MistyLaraCarrara posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 8:18 AM
could anyone help me with Ye Olde cusswords?
i'm writing a realm-ish novel. looking for cussing you'd hear at the
rennfaire or similar?
so far i haz
blighter
bugger
sod all
sod off
dodgy
Yo momma
Thanks :lol:
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dphoadley posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 8:56 AM
MistyLaraCarrara posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 3:11 PM
i'll haz to look up ugsome. never heard that one :)
found this page: tee hee - http://www.renfaire.com/Language/insults.html
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dphoadley posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 4:03 PM
It was a popular term up until the 13th Century, when it started to fall out of use, at least according to Bill Bryson in his book Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language. It means some VERY unpleasant!
wheatpenny posted Tue, 30 September 2014 at 4:12 PM Site Admin
I know that the word "whoreson" was equivalent to the modern word "son of a b****", and was just about as offensive. It comes up quite often in Shakespeare, and a lot of Shakespearean actors have no idea that it was considered a "bad word"...
Jeff
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MistyLaraCarrara posted Wed, 01 October 2014 at 8:35 AM
cusses like bastard and whoreson won't work in my made up realm. whore is a profession like any other, out of wedlock is a social norm.
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Chipka posted Thu, 02 October 2014 at 6:05 PM
Shakespeare gave my my favorite one:
Scurvy knave
I can't think of any others, but I'll let you know if I come across any. I know a few doozies in Russian and Czech if those would help.
wheatpenny posted Thu, 02 October 2014 at 6:30 PM Site Admin
I have a book of Russian profanity and "Dirty words".
Jeff
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TheBryster posted Wed, 12 November 2014 at 9:58 AM Forum Moderator
Twit: Short for obsolete atwite, from Middle English atwiten,
Numbskull
Sluggard. Sluggardly.
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