Poll: How do you feel about profanity?
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Couldn't give less of a fuck.
I tend to moderate my language when I'm around a friend of the family who happens to be a priest, but otherwise I swear quite regularly. Both for emphasis and to relieve frustration.
I see no reason to keep a section of my vocabulary locked up for special situations.
You know what annoys me?
Egads.
I can't take it when people say or write stuff like "gosh" or "dang".
If you want to use a "power-expression" for emphasis either go all the way and curse properly, or use some more sophisticated vocabulary to express your thoughts please. Swearing won't harm anyone.
I tend to moderate my language when I'm around a friend of the family who happens to be a priest, but otherwise I swear quite regularly. Both for emphasis and to relieve frustration.
I see no reason to keep a section of my vocabulary locked up for special situations.
You know what annoys me?
Egads.
I can't take it when people say or write stuff like "gosh" or "dang".
If you want to use a "power-expression" for emphasis either go all the way and curse properly, or use some more sophisticated vocabulary to express your thoughts please. Swearing won't harm anyone.
I personally try not to swear as much as possible, hence when I do people who know me know I'm probably pissed off like when you stub your toe on the skirting board and go "Fuck!" lol.
I usually don't mind people swearing unless they fall into two categories. 1) They swear all the time and I mean every odd word. 2) Kids swearing to look cool, really unecessary and does exactly the opposite.
I usually don't mind people swearing unless they fall into two categories. 1) They swear all the time and I mean every odd word. 2) Kids swearing to look cool, really unecessary and does exactly the opposite.
I tend to avoid swearing at my family, relative and people in general most of the time. I only swear when I'm alone and it's usually out from frustration when people annoy me). I don't use swearing to insult people.
I don't. I have an older sister who does in moderation, and a brother who's prone to just letting it fly off the handle if he gets mad. Also, I was raised by parents who were sailors in the Navy, but try to shake the habit for our sake. Bit of an uphill struggle there, I'd wager.
I guess I'm fine with hearing it on occasion, but I'd prefer people never use it in serious discussion. Also, I wish we had better 'mild/alternative curse words', because limiting myself to "oh crap" in those spicy linguistic moments isn't exactly the most ideal situation.
I guess I'm fine with hearing it on occasion, but I'd prefer people never use it in serious discussion. Also, I wish we had better 'mild/alternative curse words', because limiting myself to "oh crap" in those spicy linguistic moments isn't exactly the most ideal situation.
Swearing is one of the few things that French Canadians do better than anyone else on the planet, so we do it a LOT.
I don't really like profanity. It's unnecessary a lot of the time, and people who swear too much get on my nerves. But I'm not a total prude - I think a well-timed swear word can make a joke or a situation pretty funny sometimes.
I swear quite a bit... and the fact that my boss and my boss's boss both swear quite a lot (and deride people while doing so - man, I've lost count of the number of times my boss has said 'he's a wanker!') doesn't exactly help.
However, I have sort of a swear switch in my head and depending on company, I will use polite vocabulary and only say 'good grief' at worst. My old man, on the other hand, seems to have acquired himself an extended range to his English (HK native) upon growing old. At home, he swears more than me...
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However, I have sort of a swear switch in my head and depending on company, I will use polite vocabulary and only say 'good grief' at worst. My old man, on the other hand, seems to have acquired himself an extended range to his English (HK native) upon growing old. At home, he swears more than me...
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Watch George Carlin and get back to me on that. I swear when I'm angry, as long as I'm not in a situation where it will get me in trouble(in front of an employer, etc). I think anyone who is personally offended by people swearing about one thing or another is living their life far to seriously and conservatively. There are lots of things to be angry about in the world, swearing helps us deal with them more often than not.
Don't give a fuck man. In real life when people say "like" in between words because they can't think of what to say in my neighbourhood we do the same thing with "Fuckin'".Honestly if you're offended by a word that essentially means nothing simply because of a preconceived notion society as a whole has given to it it might be time to re-evaluate. On the other hand I do hate swearing and cursing but for the same reason I hate people who use the word epic or hilarious and awesome. You look like a tool if the best you can come up with is putting fucking in front of rocks or sucks.
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I couldn't agree more.Jonluw said:
I fucking hate minced oaths, to me it's like the person is being dishonest and using all the conviction and intent of swearing, but trying to cheat their way out of the responsibility that goes with their choice of words.
Another childish thing that annoys me when I see it in writing is when people censor the word "ass", like writing "a**" or "a$$".
What the fuck? "Ass" isn't even a vulgar word, it's another word for donkey and if you call someone an ass, you're likening them to a Jack Ass, a male of the asinus family that is renown for being stubborn.
If some people are so timid that they can't write the word "ass" because it's also another word for buttocks, then they should also censor the words "seat" "butt" "behind" "bottom" and "rump" and write ridiculous sentences like this:
I went to the park to eat my r*** steak sandwich for lunch, but when I looked b***** me to take a s***, I saw that someone had left their cigarette b*** near the b***** of the bench".
As for my own double use of profanity in this post, I think it's completely appropriate as I don't know any other words that can so perfectly convey the exasperation I feel towards minced oaths and immature censorship of normal, harmless words.
'Fuck' is an amazingly versatile word, so I use it like I use a George Foreman grill to make grilled-cheese sandwiches. Which, is to say, quite often, but only until I run out of cheese. So I have to control my grilling cheese madness to make it last, otherwise it'll become a mundane meal.
Though, I use the word 'shit' and 'goddammit' like I use bullets in TF2. And I play a pretty awesome Heavy. A profanity-spewing Heavy.
Though, I use the word 'shit' and 'goddammit' like I use bullets in TF2. And I play a pretty awesome Heavy. A profanity-spewing Heavy.