[DrunkerThanMoses]

I always woundered why some words are bad to say?

Like people say they sound dirty, but the word mud is dirty, and thats not a swear word!

I was woundering why some certian words are considered bad?

I mean who the hell said some words were bad to say?

God, Jesus, Moses, The Queen?

[teamandre]

no its all the wird people that dont like swearing but yet they swear them selfs but theres nothing wrong with it

[Niamh.]

It was Moses I think.

[Kerry]

No idea. It's a strange one. Plus why are some considered worse than others?

[teamandre]

there all the same really just with differnt meanings to te word if ya get what i mean

[Stu]

It goes back to a more conservative age. Talking openly about sex like we do nowdays even half a century ago was a little odd. Nevermind using word derived from sexual acts.

I reckon as the generations go along, swear words are getting less and less serious due to sheer overexposure. They are now just thrown around to describe anything, no matter how trivial, and are rightly becoming a bit pantomine. Tis' fun.

I hate the assumpion that people swear because they want to look hard or they lack the vocab to express themselves without swearing.

Then of course you have words that are offensive because of historical reasons [the N word, say].




But of course, that's just my fucking opinion.

[_Seth]

They were invented and considered bad so that when we used them, one knows we're serious. They're good for emphasis.

[eye sea]

I rarely swear. But when I do I'll say afterwards, "It's enough to make a vicar swear..."

[Crimson Dynamo]

swearing is for oiks

young people trying to appear "cool"

and twats

[Ramsay]

i always swear
and no its not to look cool
its just gotten to point of habit now
im so used to saying fu ck and sh it
fuccck da polllice

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Karl.

i always swear
and no its not to look cool
its just gotten to point of habit now
im so used to saying fu ck and sh it
fuccck da polllice

when you grow up you will cease with the profanity

[Ramsay]

im 18

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Karl.

im 18

yes?

lol at you thinking your a grown up..

[eye sea]

Originally Posted by Karl.

im 18

It would have been funnier if you'd said you are 48.

[Niamh.]

Maybe because one of the commandments was thou shalt not take the Lords name in vain, so if you did you were swearing?

[Ramsay]

what makes you think im not an adult?
because i swear?
man im pretty sure more adults swear then dont..

[Beastie]

Originally Posted by Karl.

what makes you think im not an adult?
because i swear?
man im pretty sure more adults swear then dont..

This.

[WOMBAI]

Originally Posted by Karl.

what makes you think im not an adult?
because i swear?
man im pretty sure more adults swear then dont..

Not all the time though - as you admit you do! Nothing worse than hearing someone say ***** this and ***** that etc practically every other word - they really don't do themselves any favours! People often assume (usually correctly) that they are just idiots!

[Lucy.]

SOME people may swear to look cool but not everyone does. & 18 is an adult <_<

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Lucy.

SOME people may swear to look cool but not everyone does. & 18 is an adult <_<

so if you are not swearing for effect what is the reason for adding words into a sentence that are unrelated and superfluous?

18 is not an adult, it may be if you tiresomely want to be legalistic but until you have children and own a house i would suggest you have a bit to go.

(it would make a good thread)

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

so if you are not swearing for effect what is the reason for adding words into a sentence that are unrelated and superfluous?

18 is not an adult, it may be if you tiresomely want to be legalistic but until you have children and own a house i would suggest you have a bit to go.

(it would make a good thread)

People do swear for effect of course, just like they make hand gestures for effect, doesn't mean they do it "to be cool"

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamhxo

People do swear for effect of course, just like they make hand gestures for effect, doesn't mean they do it "to be cool"

why do they do it


everytime i hear a profanity it is for effect. to make the person who hears it think in some flattering way about the sayer

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

why do they do it


everytime i hear a profanity it is for effect. to make the person who hears it think in some flattering way about the sayer

for extra emphasis, that's why I do it anyhow. Like if something not pleasing happens, I might say "Oh for *****s sake!" I could say "Oh Darn it" but this would be a very alien phrase for me to use, just purely because of what language I've always been exposed to.

and in answer to your second point, alot of times when I swear I'm on my own in the car, so my swearing certainly isn't for anyone elses benefit

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

18 is not an adult, it may be if you tiresomely want to be legalistic but until you have children and own a house i would suggest you have a bit to go.

It has nothing to do with having kids. Being an adult means you are fully grown.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

It has nothing to do with having kids. Being an adult means you are fully grown.

many people are still growing at 18 though