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Tag Archives: Mary Marshall 1975
Oh, I think it might be a dolphin…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s expletive, from Mary Marshall’s 1975 book on swearing, Bozzimacoo:Origins and Meanings of Oaths and Swear Words, is Bozzimacoo – an ancient Yorkshire corruption of the French Baise mon cul – Kiss my arse!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don’t think … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, Bozzimacoo!, camera, composition, depth of field, discovery, dolphin?, focussing, from the French, garden., grass, in focus, Kiss my arse, madness, Mary Marshall 1975, observations, out of focus, serendipity, style, surrealism, to be wild!, tress, words, Yorkshire
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Well, they’re not all windows, Dave…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s expletive is one to be slipped in instead of saying the word ‘Christ!’, which is generally rather frowned upon – it starts with the same letter though – it is ‘Crimes!’ An odd one, isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, block of flats, camera, Christ!, click!, cloud names?, clouds, composition, Crimes!, deciding?, discovery, irritating?, Mary Marshall 1975, may evening, observations, odd clouds, over the railway lines, serendipity, shopping, surrealism, swearing, thinking, uneasy composition, windows
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The one with the zigzags…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s old British expletive is, Balls, bees and buggery! From: Bozzimacoo: Origins & Meanings of Oaths and Swear Words, (1975), by Mary Marshall. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The lino print with the zigzags – a few days ago I … Continue reading
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Tagged about A4 in size, arcs, art, artist's proof, black and white, Bozzimacoo, British expletive, Christmas card, dots, festive, illusion, Japanese paper, Mary Marshall 1975, oaths, observations, quotation, snow, style, surrealism, swearing, the brain, the eye, thickness, thin paper, three-d-ness, words, zigzags
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A few short, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is another from Flann O’Brien’s very strange 1930s novel, The Third Policeman: He frowned thoughtfully and looked up at a corner of the ceiling as if he expected certain words he was searching for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, boundary, Bozzimaccoo, commens box, excuses for being late, fiddlesticks!, Flann O'Brien, fruitful, Guns of Navarone, Mary Marshall, Mary Marshall 1975, name change, novel, private, privet, ska, spam, ssingle overheard remarkh, strangeness, The Pope, The Third Policeman, Victorian
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But what about photography?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s oath from the Victorian underworld is, I wish my bloody eyes may drop out!… (From Bozzimacoo: Origins and Meanings of Oaths & Swear Words by Mary Marshall. 1975) Click. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘What do you think of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1975, art, arts, bad photograph, bloody eyes, Bozzimacoo, cheapskate restaurant, conversation, discovery, expletives, glorious sunset, good photograph, gulls, lovely photo, Mary Marshall 1975, offal, photography, Victorian underworld, wheeling, words
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Some song lyrics misheard over the cafe hubbub…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s ancient British expletive is Od’s Bodkins! A corruption of ‘God’s body’. In 19th c. ‘flash’ or slang another ‘Bodikin’ was also well-known as a contraction of ‘Bawdy-ken’ or brothel, perhaps making the oath a risqué … Continue reading
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Tagged 'flash', amelon, Bozzimacoo, British slang, dictionary word, discovery, expletives, gob spore, history, madness, Mary Marshall 1975, misheard, music, Od's Bodkins, poetry, serendipity, sex, strangeness, style, surrealism, tines, upty, words
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