My fave line is: Every language, dialect or patois ever studied, living or dead, spoken by millions or by a small tribe, turns out to have its share of forbidden speech, some variant on comedian George Carlin's famous list of the seven dirty words that are not supposed to be uttered on radio or television.
You might have to check this out ASAP cuz I think that NYT archives articles for a fee pretty quickly: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/science/20curs.html
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