I know, I know, I promised more analysis of the results from last Friday's curse word study, but I haven't gotten to it yet. Busy, busy, busy. In the meantime, you can head over to Word Munger and read about my hike in Mount Rogers Wilderness last week (click on the photo!):
I should have a post up that offers additional analysis of the Casual Friday results -- and responds to some of your objections -- later today.
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