Someone took exception to an asterisked pejorative, huh? Fine: there are other curses. I'll use an archaic curse with a "thee" and "thy" which has almost no meaning and doesn't convey any emotion whatsoever to people today. So be it. Just read the following on the Syrian-Armenian crisis. http://radiotransmittinginasnowstorm.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-devil-take-thy-bread-syrian.html