General Chat

I don't like to hear people swearing, far to much of it goes on today and lets face it TV is to blame, hardly a program is on without swearing on, so really what chance do our kids have. I remember at school having my knuckles wrapped for saying 'damn it'. I suppose most of us go through the stage of rebelling as teenagers, I swore like a trooper then and it was hard to stop. I remember changing the words into something else, like when I dropped something instead of saying S**T I would say SUGAR.

Len I often find people appearing to be aggressive, uncouth and asocial without swearing.

Wendy LOL I think you've just described me very nicely, especially your second para...... and I am practicing right this minute because the site is so slow it is driving me insane. Jan xx

I don't swear. If someone swears in conversation with me, I tell them that I don't like it.

The words don't matter. It is the implication that the user is an uncouth, aggressive, associal individual who wishes to intimidate others that matters. len

I swear lots but try not to in front of people who would find them offensive (my mother for example:) ). I'm in a tiny minority of people who find swear words rich and expressive and part of our heritage. I'm pretty sure that the f word is Germanic and was in use here hundreds of years ago. And the word generally considered the most offensive is older - it appears in the Canterbury Tales. They're only words - as valid and useful as other words to me.

I must admit i swear too much but i have cut down, some of the problems being my parents as they swear alot was brought up thinkin it was alright. I understand that kids do swear too much as I work in a school myself and on occasion have been told to f off!! I think it has become a popularity thing where if you dont swear you cnt join, same with smoking perhaps?? it just doesnt sound right coming out of a childs mouth! Keeley

Thanks Joy. Bob - I,m tut-tutting on too many threads today, but good point. happy days

It does matter to me, Harry. I think it is unnecessary. :-) Joy

on a similar vein, Harry, a group of us were talking around the table the other evening, and it came up that one of the lads needed to discuss something with his girl friend........... '' I am going round later, but I have to go home first!!'' In MY day it was go round the girlrfiends, and THEN go home..... Bob.

Harry, I know what you mean, it does bring hope for the future when youngsters appreciate old values. Micheal.

Jess, Brings back some memories 'wash your mouth out with soap'. Thanks to you all for your interest. Glad some of the younger ones share my distaste. Happy days

I Still wouldn't DARE sware in front of my parents - the memory of the bar of carbolic soap grating against my teeth will stay with me for ever! Jess x

Harry i dont think it is because of your age at all i am 23 years old and i hate swearing i think it sounds horrible there are other ways around expressing yourself than swearing. I say 'pants' when something happens that i don't really like or i've done something like if i have forgotten something at the shop whereas most ^people i know would say oh S*** or F*** or something along those lines. My parents swear quite alot and i am always moaning at them about it. xx

Maureen, That is the main reason i got rid of my t.v. Television used to be educational, now it's profiteering and bad examples. Micheal.

Cool breeze . Well that explains it then - knew it couldn,t be British. I was always brought up to mistrust foreigners. Happy days

It was ESSENTIAL this morning! Sent my daughter out of the room so I could turn the air blue in peace lol! Maz. XX

Just out of interest, did you know that the F word is not english, it was known to be used around 1843,origin unknown, it is a word that was used by pirates, so is it possible that it might be portuguese or spanish?. Micheal.

I too hate to hear young people use swear words in general conversation, especially very small children which shows that at least some are learning the words at home! To say it is OK for adults and not children is a strange conception because that is telling them that when they reach maturity it’s OK to swear. I swear when angry, when other words just don’t show my feelings, after all the F word is in the dictionary!! I probably swear more now than when I was in England, unfortunately that is a downside here; quite a lot of swearing in natural conversation….. but then it was getting like that in England. Jacquie xxxx

interesting development in social acceptance.......if you watch DEADWOOD on Sky,with Ian mcshane (lovejoy) there has been a concerted effort to use the F word as many times as possible-I'm quite loose with my tongue,and yes it has become a state of lazy vocab,but i cannot listen to this programme without feeling nausceous-its over the top,and has the same effect on me when watching a very bad boxing match with a referee who just lets the fighters beat each other until they drop dead.