Yes, it is how they are used. I am bothered by most things that are sexist.
Am I The Only One Disturbed by Vulgar Language?
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Laurie
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As a forty year vet I can swear loud and long, and not only in English but never in mixed or gentle company.
My wife has heard the occasional s**t or b****r but only in moments of stress such as hitting thumb with hammer or dropping a laptop.
My son, also a vet, at one time on the same base, has never heard me swear, nor have I heard him ever do so.
In fact, within the family s**t is known as "Mum's Word" because my son, paying a visit one day, came in the back door just as she dropped a plate, and she had not realised she was no longer alone.
His "Mother! (Always "mother" when he was displeased) I heard that." kept her chastened for days!
Time and place, time and plae.
My wife has heard the occasional s**t or b****r but only in moments of stress such as hitting thumb with hammer or dropping a laptop.
My son, also a vet, at one time on the same base, has never heard me swear, nor have I heard him ever do so.
In fact, within the family s**t is known as "Mum's Word" because my son, paying a visit one day, came in the back door just as she dropped a plate, and she had not realised she was no longer alone.
His "Mother! (Always "mother" when he was displeased) I heard that." kept her chastened for days!
Time and place, time and plae.
Colourful! Learned some new ones. And I thought Scots has colourful language!
Warrigal
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Most of that would pass right over my head unless I had access to a translator.
I understand about 95% of what I hear. But I still hear new terms once in a while.
IKE
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Same with me.
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Swearing does not bother me much. It depends on the intent behind how it is used. However, the one that has always bothered me, for some reason, is the 'motherf'er' term. It is not used often here but I have always felt it to be a really offensive expletive and it surprised me how 'acceptable' it seemed to be in the US.
I don't like mf either. I've become used to hearing the c*** word now but at first I hated it. Americans seem to find it more offensive than over here. Along with millions of others I found its accidental use on a radio programme a few years ago hilarious. Some people were driving to work and nearly crashed their cars with laughter. Even my American family had heard about this. I'm sure you know the one I mean...
We were listening to it live as we do every morning. My husband was walking back into the bedroom with tea and toast and nearly dropped both as he doubled up with laughter.
I listened to the entire post but never understood enough words to be able to understand any cursing.
The interviewer accidentally introduced Jeremy Hunt as Jeremy C***. The funny part was the guy really is one! A conservative politician. The interviewer trying not to laugh was actually the funniest part.
Jackie22
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...doesn't bother me either, as long as it is not continuous.
Some comedians use f*** every 5 words. That's going overboard. And some movies as well.
Myquest55
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I was raised in a conservative household and I remember being stunned when I heard my father used the word "damn" outside of the house! That said, my husband, also raised in a quiet conservative household, was in the USNavy for 12 years. I know it bothered him when the guys felt they had to be a vulgar as possible - just because and I am SURE he knew a lot of terrific cuss words.
In my mind, it is a waste of breath and I am pretty sure our 3 sons picked up on that. They rarely swear, when they are here anyway! My beautiful daughter-in-law and her whole family seem to be of the same mind since I have never heard any of them swear. I do agree that the movies - and even TV - seem to go overboard. The worst was a show from New Zealand, "The Almighty Johnsons!" I never heard such unnecessary language and cannot imagine that everyone in New Zealand talks that way. (That said - we watched the entire series because the show was just so off-the-wall funny but it made us both uncomfortable!)
Also, a lot of novels from the early 1900s chastise their characters for using slang -never mind swearing! I always thought that was funny but slang has easily made its way into every day conversation too!
In my mind, it is a waste of breath and I am pretty sure our 3 sons picked up on that. They rarely swear, when they are here anyway! My beautiful daughter-in-law and her whole family seem to be of the same mind since I have never heard any of them swear. I do agree that the movies - and even TV - seem to go overboard. The worst was a show from New Zealand, "The Almighty Johnsons!" I never heard such unnecessary language and cannot imagine that everyone in New Zealand talks that way. (That said - we watched the entire series because the show was just so off-the-wall funny but it made us both uncomfortable!)
Also, a lot of novels from the early 1900s chastise their characters for using slang -never mind swearing! I always thought that was funny but slang has easily made its way into every day conversation too!
Which only shows you to be a rather narrow minded person. Politics is personal and not at all something to love or hate. Each of us has a different way of thinking and that is just the way things go. If talking of party I sure don't like parts of either party or their philosophies. So I guess I don't have blind loyalty to either of the US main political parties. That makes our election system good for each of us as we get to mark our choices and go home proud of marking the ballot my way.
Oh bloody hell! You know nothing of UK politics or anything of the conservative government. You know nothing of this man so have no idea why so many of us thought he did a crappy job.
SifuPhil
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Some of you %&^$! people are so ^&$))% worried about the %^#*^^ cursing, I swear!
Actually, I've never used a naughty word in my life. :bowknot:
Actually, I've never used a naughty word in my life. :bowknot:
Being a professional all my life, first as an engineer and then 34 years as a pilot, swearing would never have been tolerated when addressing the public, while discussing issues in a meeting, conversations with the higher-ups or telephone conversations with those that were connected to my job, for example; customers or my supervisor. The word "damn" was tolerated, if used occasionally, but beyond that, I would have been risking my job.
I attended a conference while I was an engineer years and years ago, back in the mid 70's, and it was named "Effective Communications." The spokesperson leading the meeting made the statement that people use foul language in their conversations so that they may effectively convey their thoughts and to be more expressive. True or not, I don't know, but I do know that to use or not to use foul language in a conversation has always been a decisive issue and generally starts an argument at some point, much like when discussing politics or the Bible.
At United when we started sending e-mails throughout the company, we were warned that foul or offensive language would not be tolerated. I did hear of a few people that were canned for using bad language and in fact the one gate agent in Dallas had sued the company for being fired when he dropped several "F" bombs to his supervisor after being warned not to use that word when speaking to her. His issue, (believe it or not), was that had he been speaking to a male supervisor, he would not have been offended by the use of the word. Obviously, the judge tossed his suit and life went on.
I attended a conference while I was an engineer years and years ago, back in the mid 70's, and it was named "Effective Communications." The spokesperson leading the meeting made the statement that people use foul language in their conversations so that they may effectively convey their thoughts and to be more expressive. True or not, I don't know, but I do know that to use or not to use foul language in a conversation has always been a decisive issue and generally starts an argument at some point, much like when discussing politics or the Bible.
At United when we started sending e-mails throughout the company, we were warned that foul or offensive language would not be tolerated. I did hear of a few people that were canned for using bad language and in fact the one gate agent in Dallas had sued the company for being fired when he dropped several "F" bombs to his supervisor after being warned not to use that word when speaking to her. His issue, (believe it or not), was that had he been speaking to a male supervisor, he would not have been offended by the use of the word. Obviously, the judge tossed his suit and life went on.
I know enough of UK politics to say if the folks over there are happy with it, more power too them. If not happy with it then it is up to the people over there to do something. That is not my job.
And how does this clear up my idea that you are a narrow minded person. You can not seem to handle any kind of rebuttal at all.
I know enough about what folks in the US say we should be doing that is wrong and I have the authority to say so about what I see to be total errors on either the FAR LEFT or FAR RIGHT. Both extremes are wrong and both extremes have proven that more than a bit. Right now we are in the grip of too many years of far left ideas that has brought the US to the near bankrupt stages. They refuse to see taxes raised to pay for all the silly things they call caring for the needy. Taxes are needed to avoid debt. Both parties need to activate a good system of taxes to pay for the generosity of some.
BobF---We are really getting off topic here, but I'm going to write this anyway. The problem as I see it is that the U.S. has 19.2 Trillion dollars of debt. There a few reasons why not many people pay attention to it. One is that we have been hearing the same old song for years about how our Grandchildren are going to have to pay for it. Another is that not many Americans are concerned about it because they figure it's the governments fault for getting us into this mess, so let them worry about getting us out of debt and besides, I have money in my pocket, so I really don't care about anyone else, especially future generations when I won't be here.
Does anyone ever stop and think how much 19.2 trillion dollars is? In 2015, our spending budget was for 3.2 trillion dollars (I think). Thinking out loud, that means that we already owe the next 6+ years of spending, which we haven't even collected yet. I think the budget deficit for this year is 500 billion dollars. So, if all things stay the same that would mean that in 2022 we would owe 22 Trillion dollars, plus any accrued interest.
This reminds me of Japan back in the 80's when they went through a similar situation with trying to spend their way out of debt and look at their economy. Almost like our's at 9 Trillion in debt. Japan has the second largest debt in the world. Guess what country is number one?
Does anyone ever stop and think how much 19.2 trillion dollars is? In 2015, our spending budget was for 3.2 trillion dollars (I think). Thinking out loud, that means that we already owe the next 6+ years of spending, which we haven't even collected yet. I think the budget deficit for this year is 500 billion dollars. So, if all things stay the same that would mean that in 2022 we would owe 22 Trillion dollars, plus any accrued interest.
This reminds me of Japan back in the 80's when they went through a similar situation with trying to spend their way out of debt and look at their economy. Almost like our's at 9 Trillion in debt. Japan has the second largest debt in the world. Guess what country is number one?
Back to swearing.....husband is watching a rugby match on tv. A LOT of swearing when he watches sports - rugby or football (soccer). Lots of 'ya bastard, f***, oh FFS, etc etc.
Our innocent Ugandan daughter learned to swear from him. She rarely does it, but once at the church community she works at she saw a large guest piling their plate really high with food and said to another staff member that he was a 'greedy bastard'. This shocked everyone and made them laugh!
Our innocent Ugandan daughter learned to swear from him. She rarely does it, but once at the church community she works at she saw a large guest piling their plate really high with food and said to another staff member that he was a 'greedy bastard'. This shocked everyone and made them laugh!
Ameriscot, I found this in my personal section of the forum but could not find a way to respond too it there. So here it is "I don't give a sXXt what you think.' This sure does nothing to change my idea of your nature at all. You sure love to hate everyone, so have at it.
Your hateful response to me was wrong as can be. I was not challenging the UK government or the peoples ways so your hateful response was a waste of words. Try being a bit more respectful to others and forget about the political differences as those mean nothing at all. They are personal choices, nothing more.
Your hateful response to me was wrong as can be. I was not challenging the UK government or the peoples ways so your hateful response was a waste of words. Try being a bit more respectful to others and forget about the political differences as those mean nothing at all. They are personal choices, nothing more.
You are exactly correct about out debt and its continued growth. There is no reason why our Congress should not take time to apply tax increases to each of these do good ideas and that would likely slow down some of these misguided do good ideas. Far too much of our government actions has been doing good and not looking at the consequences at all. We don't want or need a national poverty thing happening. We need smarter people and smarter government.
Jackie22
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Bobf, do you EVER stop to realize that just maybe you need to apply all the instructions you're so free to dish out, to yourself??