After shocking the elegant garden party by using a bad word, Elbert learns some acceptable substitutes from a helpful wizard.

Injurious language, vulgar expressions and curses

Little Bird loves learning new words and sharing them with his friends, so when he realizes that his latest one is a bad word, he knows just what to say to set

"I now no longer use the better words." Ilse Aichinger (1921-2016) was one of the most important writers of postwar Austrian and German literature. Born in 1921

Snowflake, elite, expert . . . What are today's 'bad words' and what do they say about us, both as individuals and as a society? Once upon a time, the worst wor