LANGUAGE AT THE TALKIES.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —Are wc really supposed to take “Disappointed” seriously? Surely ho cannot really be so perturbed as be appears to be at hearing the word “ b y ” spoken on the screen. I heard it in the picture at the Regent this week, and judging by the delightful laughter in the audience I think it tickled the palate of everyone present rather than disgusted them. “B y” is a word that is heard over and over again on the stage. One constantly finds this word in hooks, and whilst, perhaps, not a word that one would use in a drawing room conversation, I do not think anyone would be shocked at it or consider it vulgar or obscene. It is purely and solely a really good British “swear.”—l am, etc.. Not Disappointed. October 22.
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Evening Star, Issue 20313, 23 October 1929, Page 3
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