“big goddamn” cross-post edition

John Kelly

January 8, 2015

“Big goddamn car.” Doodle by me.

Be sure to keep up with Strong Language, the sweary blog about swearing. There have some incredible new posts lately on all things profane, vulgar–and linguistic. In “So many mother _uckers,” Nancy Friedman looked into sweary soundalikes in name branding while Steve Chrisomalis investigated the rise of the phrase four-letter word, to name a few.

In need of a tonic after Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, I recently wrote on Robert Creeley’s artful swearing in his iconic poem, “I Know a Man.” This post, I’m excited and humbled to announce, is the inaugural cross-post of Strong Language at Slate’s excellent language blog, Lexicon Valley. Read it here at Slate.

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5 responses to ““big goddamn” cross-post edition”

sittella

January 9, 2015 at 1:38 pm

Hey, your doodling is adorable! What kinda techniques do you use?

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Teen on the Internet

February 12, 2015 at 4:42 pm

this is so pretty! love these kind of illustrations, with I could do it 🙂

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1. John Kelly
  
  February 14, 2015 at 4:41 pm
  
  I’m certainly no artist. Doodles are fun because they are just that–doodles. Give it a try!
  
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  1. Teen on the Internet
    
    February 14, 2015 at 6:19 pm
    
    nevertheless, it looks really cool! I think I will give it a go, looks funky 🙂
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