by Stephen Burgen · Editorial Planeta, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408021698
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«La lengua de tu madre» is Stephen Burgen's essay on swear words and insults in Europe, published by Editorial Planeta in hardcover (244 pages, in Spanish).
The book explores the anger, exasperation and humour expressed in the insults of around twenty European languages. It shows how the same expression can be an offence in one country and a compliment in another, and which words are best avoided depending on the place: from English «bloody hell» to Italian «cazzo» or Spanish «¡hostia!».
It was published in 1997 in the «Documento» collection. Translated by P. Elías and C. Boune from the English original «Your Mother's Tongue: A Book of European Invective».
