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1、mylife我的生活A(yù)saboyI'dhavebeenindeadtroubleifI'deverusedthenameofJesusasaswearwordathome.Blasphemyjustwasn'ttolerated,eventhoughmyparentswerenon-believers.Theboundariesbetweenacceptableandunacceptablelanguageareshiftingallthetime.JohnTerry,forinstance,hasjustbeenacquittedincourtofracialabus
2、e.ButwhenIstartedoutasacourtreportermanyyearsago,themereutteringofaveryrudewordwouldhavebeenenoughtogetyouarrested,withoutracialconnotations.作為一個(gè)男孩，如果我要是用耶穌的名字來罵臟話的話，我會(huì)陷入很大的麻煩中。盡管我的父母不是信徒，褻瀆神明是完全不被容許的?？山邮艿恼Z言和不可接受的語言之間的界限一直在變。例如，約翰?特里剛剛在種族歧視法庭被無罪釋放。但我很多年前開始做法院書記官時(shí)，僅僅說一個(gè)粗魯?shù)脑~，即使沒有種族上的隱含意義，也
3、足以讓你被逮捕。Irememberhowtheallegedwordcouldneverbesaidoutloud,andhadtobeceremoniouslywrittendownbythewitness,usuallyapoliceofficer.Thepaperwasthenfoldedandhandedtothemagistrate,whocarefullyunfoldeditanddulylookedshocked,allindisapprovingsilence.Themostoffensiveswearwordsusedtobereligiousrath
4、erthansexual.TheycontravenetheCommandment"ThoushaltnottakethenameoftheLordthyGodinvain,"whichwasseenasblasphemy.Thatwassoserious,infact,thatawholecodedlanguagewasdevelopedsothatpeoplecouldgoonswearingandyetstayawayfromthestocks,orthegallows,whereopenblasphemymight'veputthem.我記得，當(dāng)時(shí)證詞都不能大聲
5、說出來，必須由證人（通常是一名警察）正式地寫下來。然后文件會(huì)被折疊起來，交給地方法官。法官會(huì)小心的打開文件，然后隨即會(huì)被他所看到的震驚。這一切都是在一種不贊成的寂靜中進(jìn)行的。最無禮的臟話通常與宗教有關(guān)，而不是與性有關(guān)。它們違反了“你不可徒然地采用耶和華的名字”的戒律，因?yàn)檫@會(huì)被看作是褻瀆神靈。實(shí)際上，這后果太嚴(yán)重了，以至于人們發(fā)展處了一套暗語。它可以使人們能夠繼續(xù)罵臟話，而同時(shí)又可以遠(yuǎn)離手腳枷或是絞刑架，而如果公開褻瀆神靈的話，就會(huì)是這樣的下場(chǎng)。Thisistechnicallyknownastheprocessof"mincing",asinthephrase"min
6、cingyourwords".Itdisguisestheword'soriginsjustenoughtokeeptheswearerclearofthelaw.Swearingoffersusabriefglimpseofthereligioushistoryofourcountry.Beforethe16thcenturyProtestantReformation,ordinarypeoplewouldcommonlyhavereferredtotheBlessedVirginMaryas"OurLady",asRomanCatholicsstilldo.Henc
7、etheoath"ByOurLady",whichwasmincedintotheswearword"bloody",hastobeatleast500yearsold.AnotherfamiliarswearwordreferstotheAlbigensianheresyinthe13thcentury.Otherexamplesofmincedoathsincludethenowharmless"cripes"or"crikey",whichweredisguisedformsoftheword"Christ"."Blimey"ori
