The constellation
C498 Speaking tabu: the one forbidden expression
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Other speaking tabus · C490 entry
beneath it
filed beside
- Substitutes for tabu expressions · C490.1 entry
- Tabu: expressing astonishment at marvel. (Cf. C411, C423.2.) · C491 entry
- Tabu: speaking to strangers · C492 entry
- Tabu: thanking (under certain circumstances) · C493 entry
- Tabu: cursing · C494 entry
- Tabu: using any except one certain phrase · C495 entry
- Tabu: using obscene language · C496 entry
- Tabu: speaking to the dead · C497 entry
- Additional speaking tabus · C499 entry