'Shit', 'fuck', 'cunt', and 'arse' are the kind of words Burgess turns to first when sampling a dictionary. He explains that he has an old habit, dating from childhood, of testing a dictionary through its treatment of borderline taboo words. When as a boy he found 'bum' in his school Chambers, he was delighted. Extract from a review of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language.
Негізгі бет Anthony Burgess looks up dirty words in the dictionary
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