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posted by [personal profile] emperor at 11:52am on 15/10/2007
Wikipedia thinks that Gordon Bennett is based upon a notorious person with that name...
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posted by [personal profile] gerald_duck at 12:14pm on 15/10/2007
Yes, but people's names can still be swearing/blasphemy, if used to connote swearing/blasphemy, surely?

For example "berk", which seems to be regarded as a fairly mild insult meaning "a bit of an idiot" is an abbreviation of "Berkeley Hunt", which is itself Cockney rhyming slang for the 'c' word. Not so polite after all — though there seems to be little rationality to what offends whom when it comes to swearing.

(Incidentally, I accidentally let the 'f' word slip through, up there. I hope I'm excused?)
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