You’ve been warned: there are assloads of cusses
inexcusable levels of profanity in
this NPR
interview with SU geography professor, Mark Monmonier, on his
new book about downright offensive, pejorative or otherwise
lascivious place-names (via).
Explitiville, USA
⏳ Approximate reading time: < 1 min
I just like that you say “cuss” instead of “curse.” It makes me feel like home.
Well, of course, when I was sitting inside from recesses as a kid, it was “I will not swear” or “I will not swear on the playground” if it was one of the serious ones. Or even “I will not swear within earshot of the good-hearted Mrs. Wood when on the playground during lunch hour.” But I’m pretty sure we switched between cuss and curse in the deeps of middle-Michigan.
An excerpt from From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame by Mark Monmonier is available on the University of Chicago Press website. Read the whole story of places like Whorehouse Meadow, Brassiere Hills, and the town of Dildo: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/534650.html