The words that once offended your grandmother may now sound quite tame, in an age where swearing is routinely heard in the street. But in some parts of the country, there are words that are used quite politely in everyday conversation which, used elsewhere, could have the power to cause offence.
In the first of our series about the origins of words used to describe women, Susie Dent took Lizz Pearson to the headquarters of OUP to look into the changing meanings of the word 'tart'. |
