Schwarzenegger Coverage Dances Around Dreaded 'B' Word
Far from the madding, Bakersfield crowd, the Toronto Sun ponders an interesting semantic aspect of today’s Arnold Schwarzenegger love child media coverage. Namely, why is the word “bastard” being deleted from Yahoo! Answers and-or generally absent from reports related to the Governator’s secret son?
The paper combed through today’s 3,500+ Schwarzenegger news items and found just a few “fringe” outlets using the word. An expert tells the paper the term has been turned upside down since its 1235 origins, and is now more commonly used to refer to the dad rather than any illegitimate offspring.
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