[der Mudda]

I don't know about you guys but all this fucking etc. etc. is offensive to my delicate ears. I've always said swearing out loud showed a lack of verbal skills and even written swearing makes me wince - just like bad spelling.

Good choices on the light sabres I thought, strangely enough I was watching the Glastonbury festival on the telly and the Ride of the Valkyries was on - the Valkyries were waving what could only be dildo sized lightsabres (I don't know the story fully!)

[Jane Sherwood]

I know a song made up entirely of cuss words that I usually start singing quite loudly when this kind of topic is brought up...but I can't bring myself to do it right now. I've got this weird feeling that it would be disrespectful. Odd, I can smart-off to most people all the time without thinking twice about it, but I'm almost afraid to do it to someone else's parents. I keep thinking "Don't be rude to Yahtzee's mom. You might piss both of them off, then you'd be in biiiiiig trouble...just like that Dave Hill fellow."

And for some reason I'm starting to feel ashamed of my signature now...it must be the "lack of verbal skills" bit that's getting to me.


EDIT: Funny how you jump from a request to tone down the cussing to something about dildo-sized light sabers, though. It's a tad disturbing for some reason...

This post has been edited by Jane Sherwood: 28 June 2004 - 01:18 AM

[Supes]

It's a fair call Mudda. I admit I do my share of cussing from time to time, but I usually like to preface it with some sort of intelligent comment as well just to offset the concept of illiteracy. A well placed cuss can accentuate a point quite well if used properly.

I'm with Jane as well. The topic transition was quite bizarre...but damn I laughed at the incongruity it presented to my senses.

[der Mudda]

Ah the sinners repent! In the words of the coca cola song - "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony etc. etc." Just imagine if that could be possible, what a wonderful world it would be.

Excuse me, I feel a song coming on.

[Chyld]

While I do swear like a sailor, tis true, I don't really feel I do it unnessersarily.

And getting the world to sing in perfect harmony would be bloo...ming difficult, needs lots of co-ordination.

See, not unnesserarily!

[Little princess]

I said it once before.
I hate swearing. It makes me shudder when I hear kids and young girls swearing.

I grew up around some ugly and violent people, and that was their language.

Except for some people in the acting and music business most seem to grow out of it.
You don't hear it for instance from over 30 yearolds, quite so much.

It's still cool among the very young.

I'd like to just ask....Do, or did your parents swear at, or in front of you?

[Supes]

Ah the sinners repent!

Ah ha ha haa! But Dear Mudda I have not repented. I have acknowledged and agreed that I engage in this deplorable behaviour from time to time, but never did I repent.

For I like the freedom to express myself in any manner that takes my fancy at any given time. From the loftiest articulation to the most debase of language. A place for everything and everything in its place.

[Jane Sherwood]

I'd like to just ask....Do, or did your parents swear at, or in front of you?

Yes, as a matter of fact, my dad's particular favorite is "goddammit," despite the fact that for some reason he tries to censor himself around me these days. I'm not technically repented, either. I quite enjoy cussing, or at least sticking to variations of the three least offensive words.

Hang on, "bloody" is considered a swearword? I didn't realize that...well four words, then. I only use the others when I'm extraordinarily pissed off to the point of not being able to think straight...or just really, really pissed off.


I think I may have a different sense of what is offensive and what isn't, seeing as how words like that don't bother me in the least...

[Heccubus]

I'd like to just ask....Do, or did your parents swear at, or in front of you?

Constantly.

[Supes]

I'd like to just ask....Do, or did your parents swear at, or in front of you?

I forgot to answer this question.

No, my mother almost never swore in front of me. My father did from time to time usually during times of stress or anger. But then again I almost never swear in front of my parent either so I consider us even.

[der Mudda]

I must confess that my colleagues and I are planning a swear box in the office for times of extreme stress and hassle from the boss, (luckily she is retiring this July). My best friend and colleague, Yvonne, who looks like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, has been known to swear like a trooper. It sounds so funny coming from her that my other colleagues fall about laughing.

Why not just scream "Carrots" or "Rhubarb"!

[Supes]

I did this once at work for a while. I tried saying "Cream Pie" and "piffel" every time I felt like swearing. It drive my workmates completely insane. They simply could not cope with the nicety where there should have been an expletive.

I found it extremely funny and thus continued until heavier objects were thrown at me.

[Heccubus]

Why not just scream "Carrots" or "Rhubarb"!

I say things like "Oh fiddlesticks!" and "Crud!" most of the time.

[Little princess]

There are really only two words that I consider real ugly swearing. They are used on this and other forums, in the street from mainly kids and other teenagers. In movies and on late night tv.
You all know what they are.
They begin with F and C. And crazy as it may seem they make me cringe...I do a lot of cringeing.

What I meant was, do your parents use those two words in ordinary conversation?

Have you ever been called a f...ing little c..t by your parents or carers?

Incidentally, I don't consider bloody, bugger or shit swearing, at least they don't make me cringe. In Australia, 'bastard' is almost an endearment, unless f...ing is used in front of it.

[Stongbah]

My parents swear so much it's unbareably uncomfortable.