Wasn't it also Hammett who said.
"He told me to do something that was anatomacally
imposssible." ?
Contrary to belief here, street language and langage in
generally was not sprinkled with the everyother sentence use
of "fuck" or its many offshoots.
I have a theory:
After World War II and Korea all the service men came home
and adjusted their language for polite society.
Viet Nam took about ten years, so the soldiers came home
piecemeal and the ex-military talked to the old ex-military
in the language of the Viet Nam serviceman.
It was passed on to women and to kids. Now,
"fuck" is part of the language but there is still an element
of society, mostly people 60 or 70 plus who are ignorant of
the reality of the younger generations.
What's the point, Jack?
Damn if I know, unless it's a writer does what he has to with
language to make it work in his books or stories and that
reality can be tempered with a genuine love of the language.
One "fuck," well placed, is worth a dozen sprinkled around
for reality.
No "fucks" when nobody notices is effective as well.
Jack Bludis.
Shamus and Anthony nominee http://www.jackbludis.com
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