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With just the minimum of phonological fuss we can turn GBH into GVH: Grievous Bodily Harm becomes George V. Higgins. The transformation is so easily achieved by merely turning the plosive bi-labial b into a lip-biting labio-dental v. To continue the image, the blustering explosion of physical violence, which has Bernie Morgan ‘Beatin’ the shit out of’ the kid who scratches his car is succeeded by the shrewd pragmatism of the likes of Lyle Putter, who will ‘bite [his] lower lips if necessary clean through [to] cut a fucking deal with Bernie Morgan’.1 |
