This is brave Bear-Garden language!
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker dismisses specific language as crude or aggressive, typical of a bear-baiting arena.
- In plain terms
- This language is coarse and aggressive like a fight.
- What can you take from it?
- Watch out for coarse language in debates.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is rude language always wrong?
- When is blunt language useful?
Another view
It judges form over substance.
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