Word, lots of swearwords
Further to his Today programme bleepfest Pete Silverton has now joined Mark Ellen and David Hepworth to light up Word magazine’s latest podcast. Here’s what they say about it:
Pete Silverton’s Filthy English is sub-titled “the how, why, when and what of everyday swearing”. He joined us in the pod to talk, in wholly unexpurgated fashion, about the history, culture and - let’s face it - humour of swearing. We’ve covered the derivation of the word testicles, the things that made Shakespeare’s audience snigger, the contrasting swearing habits of Catholic and Protestant countries, the key turning points in the history of swearing on TV, what Nick Cave said when he was told not to and how The Wire made poetry out of that four syllable epithet.
The podcast is available to stream from Word magazine or via iTunes.
- Date
- 3 December 2009