tailieunhanh - Dangerous English 3rd Edition by Elizabeth Claire 5

Tham khảo tài liệu 'dangerous english 3rd edition by elizabeth claire 5', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | EasyEnglish Religious Taboos According to the Jewish and Christian religions God gave His people the Ten Commandments to live by. The third commandment is You may not misuse the name of God. A religious person may say God and Jesus with respect. He or she may not use these names for showing anger strong emotion or cursing another person. It is blasphemy to do this. Christ Christ almighty Jesus God Hell Go to hell For Christ s sake Jesus Christ God damn it What the hell Many people try not to use these words in formal situations such as school or office in front of children or in the company of people they don t know well. However you will probably hear these words very often. They are extremely common in expressions of surprise and anger. Because these words are taboo some people use a softer way of swearing-at least in formal or mixed company. They say other words that begin with the same sounds Cripes For crying out loud Gee Whiz Jeepers Golly Gosh Heck Go to heck Christmas Jiminy Cricket Cheese and crackers Goldamit Doggone it What the heck Oh my God Jesus and Jesus Christ are commonly said during sexual excitement or orgasm. An Indispensable Guide to Dangerous English 2000 31 EasyEnglish EasyEnglish How double meanings cause changes in the language. When a term becomes widely known in its taboo meaning people will stop using the word for its original meaning. For example many years ago the word cock meant a male chicken. This word became a slang word for penis. Cock became so widely known as penis that people stopped using the word to mean a male chicken. A new word had to be found for male chicken. A male chicken is now called a rooster. From 1300 to the 1900s the word ass meant a small horse-like animal with long ears. It was an insult to call a person an ass. It meant he or she was as stupid as this animal. But this was not a vulgar term. A different word arse was the common vulgar term