Swearing

neverdespairgirl

pigpen wrote: »

I LOVE swearing around people who don't like it.. the look on their face is priceless... so of course it is done all the more.

I am well behaved and respectful when we go to OH's mums, she doesn't like swearing so I don't swear in her house.. her house her rules, but when she comes to mine I do.. my house my rules!

Pity you don't show any respect or good manners to other people who don't like swearing, then.

Steve059

I once took a call from a customer, who was "effing and blinding" almost every other word. After the initial shock, I quickly realised that he wasn't actually angry and it was presumably just his way of speaking. In fact, the "verbal padding" actually gave me more time to jot down what he was really saying. I just let it go over my head and ended up dealing with the call as effectively as any other.

swampduck

I'm not a lover of swearing (although if I do swear my family know that I'm well and truly annoyed!!)
But with my children - one way around the swearing in particular with the s*** word was to say Sugar!
Another argument I used with my own kids when they were growing up was to look up the original meaning of the F*** word (and it is'nt what people think although it does have connotations attached to it) and if they said the whole meaning I would allow them to say it!!
In legal short hand the word means For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (or similar)- you try saying that when you are fired up and annoyed!! Try it ......say the the whole thing - then hell!! It tends to take the sting out of swearing when you analyse it that way!! :rotfl:

Swampy

jellyhead

Steve059 wrote: »

I once took a call from a customer, who was "effing and blinding" almost every other word. After the initial shock, I quickly realised that he wasn't actually angry and it was presumably just his way of speaking. In fact, the "verbal padding" actually gave me more time to jot down what he was really saying. I just let it go over my head and ended up dealing with the call as effectively as any other.

For some people the F word is just a replacement for errrrrr or ummm while they are trying to think of the words they need.

This is why so many people, myself included, equate swearing with having low intelligence. My Dad was a bit of a snob about it. He worked in a factory, but prided himself on having a wide vocabulary and being able to use interesting adjectives, adverbs, etc. instead of the F word.

Clever people swear though, but not every day. I couldn't do it though, my upbringing has affected me too deeply :rotfl: I could no more swear than go on Jeremy Kyle. I'd be the person with their mouth pursed like a hen's bottom while Pigpen delighted in offending me :rotfl:

jellyhead

pupsicola wrote: »

Then why do you take such offence to language that is used by a huge number of the population? Maybe not ideal to use it in front of children, though if they dont hear it from their parents, they would hear it going on around them anyway. You cant wrap kids in cotton wool, if you do it doesn't prepare them for the real world in my view.

They don't hear it everywhere though. My youngest has got to year 3 without knowing what the f word is. We live on a midlands council estate which is perhaps the sort of place where you might expect they'd hear it 'going on around them' but they don't.

Groups of teenagers swear, but they generally stop when they realise there are children nearby.

kwmlondon

JAMBADGERS!!!!

TWEAKING FUDGE JAGS. GAAAAAAAHHHH

I love shouting things that sound like they should be swears, but just aren't.

CRISP-TWANGING-BUDGIE-FUBMLE!!!!!

jellyhead

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

The odd eff, bas****, shi*e, or p*ss used occasionally when very stressed or angry, is acceptable, but it's knowing when not to use these words even then that is the crux of this, it's called manners and consideration.

Now words like (k)n** head and that c word are NEVER ok. I feel so sad when I hear women using these expressions, it really sickens me.

What about when men use those expressions, is that okay?

kwmlondon

Nudge my cheesy gib, you tyre-warming slab-banger!

jellyhead

heartbreak_star wrote: »

Ever stepped on a plug?

You use every swear word you know and make up a few more, lol!

HBS x

My favourite from when I stepped on lego is 'mintweasel' My teenager has adopted it, and uses it in various forms.

jellyhead

kwmlondon wrote: »

JAMBADGERS!!!!

TWEAKING FUDGE JAGS. GAAAAAAAHHHH

I love shouting things that sound like they should be swears, but just aren't.

CRISP-TWANGING-BUDGIE-FUBMLE!!!!!

I'm stealing jambadgers! :T