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The Long Linguistic Journey to 'Dagnabbit' - 0 views

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shared by kpang18 on 11 May 18 - No Cached

kpang18 on 11 May 18

Talks about how dagnabbit came about. Talks about how people choose not to use the true name of certain beings (such as bears and wolves) since they were scared of its power, so they end up altering the name ie. Goddammit-->Dagnabbit. This is called taboo deformations. They alter the words with phonemes and dissimilation.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Talks about how dagnabbit came about. Talks about how people choose not to use the true name of certain beings (such as bears and wolves) since they were scared of its power, so they end up altering the name ie. Goddammit-->Dagnabbit. This is called taboo deformations. They alter the words with phonemes and dissimilation.</div>

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