Bad words (Re: Some finer points of grammar)

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Thomas Vieth wrote:
> At one point Dixon says: "I am no fucking Jesuit". Being no native speaker this
> still somehow struck me as anachronistic, since I always thought that this type
> of expression was fairly contemporary. 

While this may well be an urban myth, i like the idea the term
originated in late victorian britain, where it was used by 
the police when booking ´customers´: For.Unlawful.Carnal.Knowledge

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