Swearing?

@Bluebird
Plus, there's the whole Irish thing. 😉
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That is definitely a major factor 😉. My favourite comedian is Tommy Tiernan and he gave the best explanation on it: I'm an Irish person speaking the English language; it doesn't suit my soul. The English language is like a brick wall between you and me, and f&*k is my chisel.

(Warning, serious cursing ahead 😉 🙂)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow8AjUi3vWU"]Tommy Tiernan Something Mental Part 1 of 10 - YouTube[/ame]
 
Swearing is kind of an odd topic for me. When I think about it, I don't really have a problem with it (and being honest, I swear way to much to make me anything but a hypocrite if I said I did have an issue with it), but I do go through phases where I try and make concentrated efforts to cut back on the amount of profanity I fling around.

I don't really like swearing in everyday conversation (although going with what Kean said, the Irish in me absolutely loves the "wall/chisel" analogy), but again going with the honest theme I find that when used correctly, swearing can be really, really funny. I know that sounds bad, but it's true.

I think it's something we all do though, probably more than we like to admit.
 
Kean said:
@Bluebird

That is definitely a major factor 😉. My favourite comedian is Tommy Tiernan and he gave the best explanation on it: I'm an Irish person speaking the English language; it doesn't suit my soul. The English language is like a brick wall between you and me, and f&*k is my chisel.

(Warning, serious cursing ahead 😉 🙂)

Tommy Tiernan Something Mental Part 1 of 10 - YouTube
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That's a great way of describing it. 😀 I'll need to look out some of his stuff.


I also love Stephen Fry's opinions on swearing.

Swearing is a really important part of one's life. It would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing and without enjoying swearing... There used to be mad, silly, prissy people who used to say swearing was a sign of a poor vocabulary -such utter nonsense. The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies and the kind of person who says swearing is a sign of a poor vocabulary usually have a pretty poor vocabulary themselves... The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest or -is just a ****ing lunatic... I haven't met anybody who's truly shocked at swearing, really, they're only shocked on behalf of other people. Well, you know, that's preposterous... or they say 'it's not necessary'. As if that should stop one doing it! It's not necessary to have coloured socks, it's not necessary for this cushion to be here, but is anyone going to write in and say 'I was shocked to see that cushion there, it really wasn't necessary'? No, things not being necessary is what makes life interesting -the little extras in life.

Stephen Fry on the joys of swearing. Stephen Fry: Guilty, BBC4, September 8th 2007
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry
 
Bluebird said:
That's a great way of describing it. 😀 I'll need to look out some of his stuff.


I also love Stephen Fry's opinions on swearing.



http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry
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That clip was from a US tour, he's really toned down in it. His best stuff is on his first and second DVDs.

I was going to post that Fry quote in my original comment. He is so right though. Swearing is not the base language of the dimwitted and uncouth. It's an artistic flourish applied to a conversation. I don't think it takes away from language at all; if anything it makes it more exciting and enjoyable.
 
I swear constantly. I can turn on a filter though. I don't swear at all in front of my parents because my mom hates the F word and it's probably my most used swear word and if I get comfy cussing in front of my dad the filter will slip in front of my mom... so yeah. Out of respect for my mom, I keep the filter on around them. I also censor myself at work a bit with the exception of a few co-workers who cuss as much as I do. But I don't work with or around customers or anything so it's no big deal.
 
I'm definitely in the minority. I never swear. Honestly, never. It's very rare for me to say anything above a PG level, even when really upset. The way I talk here is the way I talk in person.

I don't necessarily have a reason, I just never really did. My parents don't, so I didn't grow up around it, and I just decided that I didn't want it to be a part of my vocabulary so it's not something I ever tried to incorporate. But it's just not something that I even think in my head, so it's not as though I make a conscious effort to avoid saying it. To quote Signs, "It doesn't sound natural when I curse." It's just...not me. *shrug*

I don't really mind if others do, but it depends on the situation. I don't like seeing people swear in front of kids, or in front of anyone they don't know very well. You never know who might possibly be offended by it, so when I hear people swear during small business meetings or that sort of thing, it just seems in very poor taste to be that casual with near total strangers. Not to mention unprofessional. But it doesn't really bother me to hear friends swear around other friends. Just because I don't do it doesn't mean I think nobody else should. I just think, like anything, there's a time and a place. Out in public isn't that place. Or on your cell phone in the grocery store (I hear this way too much).

I'm not uptight about it, it's just not me. 🙂
 
Not particularly. I type here like I talk in RL, minus the awkward pauses. The strongest swear you'll get out of me is 'damn', so... Mostly because of the environment I grew up in, I guess. Maybe when I get older if I go overseas for college, I'll swear more because of the environment there too. Not offended by other people swearing.
 
Swearing can be so much fun, language without swearing would be like songs without solos.

The whole idea that a word like '****' can be used as a verb, an expletive, an adjective and noun etc. essentially means the word has no real meaning anymore.

Which for me, translates into it being able to create a large scope of fun to be had with the word, especially when combined with the other words of the english language.


Furthermore, if you use 'Minced Oats' words like 'Heck', 'Dang' and like Sylvester the cat ''Suffering Succotash'', aren't you being disingenuous? They're funny sure, but how long until saying 'Heck' becomes taboo like '****' is taboo now?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced_oath


At least we don't swear with the word 'tabarnacle' as French Canadians do, that's just wrong😛 it isn't even an example of 'Minced Oats', it may have been at one stage, but now it's full on taboo.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tabarnac


In summary, ''why don't you all just FFFFFFFFFFFADE away''.
 
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I wish I could tell you y favorite swear word right now! lol I'll give you a hint....starts with an 'F'. :D
Swearing just feels GOOD. Honestly, I'm having a hard time not doing it right now. 😀 😀 Yes, there are times when you just need to keep it classy but otherwise it's just part of life, IMO. Indulge. 😛
 
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between this and your gwen banner I think I might love you summerlilly. ;-)
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I swear. It's pretty much part of my vocabulary. I do however have it undercontral. I don't curse infront of my grandma or the kiddos. Well I try not to curse infront of th kids. lol
 
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I swear but I try not to swear a lot. I don't mind swearing because I swear too. I'm fine with swearing in front of people that I'm comfortable with or when I know they swear too so I know it's not a huge deal. Like my coworker and I swear and it isn't a big deal for us.
 
Relevant story, I was watching a documentary the other day about censorship and decided I really need a bumper sticker that says "F*** censorship!" without all the pretty ***'s...

Yes. Yes I do. My mouth gets worse and worse depending on the company I'm around. Obviously I have a filter that catches most (not all) of the naughty words when kids are around or when my grandmother (or husband's grandparents) are in the room, but other than that it's fair game. Both my parents (especially my dad) cuss like sailors (or should I say like [MENTION=6758]white avenger[/MENTION] 😉) so I've never really had a problem with it around them (I do temper it more around my mom). The whole rule about not cussing in front of women and children never existed in my family....
 
I've always taught my kids that I would rather they swear to emphasize a point or something than to insult someone without a swear.

For example "that was f-ing awesome" is better than "you're stupid."
 
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you're the best Mum ever!!!!!!!! :D
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I used to swear a lot but now I only swear when I'm suffering from road rage 🙂 I usually feel bad after I've sworen though, silly, I know 🙂
 
How do people feel about children swearing, especially those under 10?
 
nightshade said:
How do people feel about children swearing, especially those under 10?
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It bothered me much more than I thought it would.

Still remember, even though it's quite a few years ago now, that I reacted to it when I heard my nephew swear for the first time.

Surprised myself by that. Had never thought that I would care about such thing.
But when that young kid blurted out some it just sounded awful and wrong.

It didn't happened often though. Perhaps that's why I reacted to it.
In general I don't mind if people swear or not.

/SK
 
It bothers me a bit because it's like they're trying to be cool and grown up by swearing. I mean, c'mon... wannabe, much? (I realize that might sound weird for a 15 year old to say, but still.)
 
this thread is making me think of the speach warren beaty gives in his movie "bulworth" (great movie by the way) - I tried to find a clip of it but couldn't but here's an excerp:

Obscenity?/ I'm a Senator/ I gotta raise $10,000 a day every day I'm in Washington/ I ain't getting it in South Central/ I'm gettin it in Beverly Hills/ So I'm votin from them in the Senate the way they want me too/ and-and-and I'm sending them my bills/ But we got babies in South Central dying as young as they do in Peru
 
nightshade said:
How do people feel about children swearing, especially those under 10?
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If they were swearing at someone, it'd annoy me.

If they didn't have an understanding of what they were saying, it'd probably annoy me a little.

If they were just swearing, and knew what it meant, I wouldn't really care. In my opinion, it's no worse than an adult swearing.
 
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