Swearing

[Ethel]

Why can't some people on AB make their point, comment or argument without resorting to contrived swear words, going to the trouble of substituting letters for numbers, leaving gaps and other ways of avoid the automatic censor?

Do they swear so much when they are talking? Do people really say 'Oh, My God!' or FFS as often as they use it here?

Do they talk like that no matter whom they are addressing?

There are far more effective ways of communicating your point than resorting to bad language.

[redcrx]

ok i admit i have on occasion said **** and that is pretty much as close as i get to swearing at home.

sorry Ethel :(

[Ethel]

No need to apologise.
I was just wondering if the people that swear on here swear as much when they are talking.

Would they talk like that to their bank manager or the checkout lady? Is it part of their normal conversation?

[redcrx]

wow, even non sweary words are getting starred out now.

[redcrx]

lol mine tends to be if annoyed and talking to friends (i class a few on answerbank as friends) so it may just happen in heat of moment, but its pretty rare.

[Ice.Maiden]

I don't swear much anyway, and NEVER in front of the children, but I do say "Oh my god". Note the lack of a capital "g".

[Ethel]

I wouldn't need to look up felcher, as I know what it means.

I have not said I am offended.

I have said many times on here that words or pictures do not offend me.

So, leg. You have assumed I am offended, and accuse me of having a dirty mind. By your logic, you are quick to take offence.

[Ethel]

Ice, would you say, for example, "Oh, my god!!! It's dinner time' as many people seem to start nearly every sentence with it, even the most innocuous and unremarkable statements.

Or if they are told something totally boring, 'I had pork chops for tea', the response is, 'Oh, my god!!!'

I just don't get it.

[4getmenot]

I have used sh!t alot, when telling people they talk it and blOOdy. Sorry :-(

[Ethel]

As I said, no need to apologise. I haven't said I object to it, I'm just curious as to why people do it.

[Ice.Maiden]

Grin @ 4get.

Can't really answer that Ethel, as I don't analyse everything I say, so if it comes out, it does. I don't think I'd mention the word "god" in front of my mother though. She's quite religious, and wouldn't like to hear it, so I'd be careful and respect that.

[wasp]

Well Ethel a perfectly reasonable observation got the answers you were probably expecting. What a load of
garbage . Stupid Ignorant People

[terambulan]

Ooooooh Ethel.....u should have been at a recent WI meeting when one of the amnesiac members said ".....am having a 'senior moment'! She was jumped on by others and told to say she was having a 'craft' moment.

Cant remember a f88888g thing!

[redcrx]

my best friend was always allowed to swear at home as long as she used "traditional" swear words derived from Anglo Saxon i think it was.

If i used any swear words in front of my mum I wouldnt be able to sit down for a week :)

[Ethel]

I can honestly say nobody has ever heard me swear.

I did swear once when I was alone and scalded my hand and arm very badly.

[logic]

To answer your question Ethel yes I would swear at my bank manager if i had the opportunity to come face to face with it,
As for check out personell yes I have sworn at those also, especially when they continue talking for minutes on end to the previous customer, who has already paid and therefore should be gone.
also when said checkout person lets you put all your shopping on the conveyor belt, then calmly and smuggly says, sorry this checkout is closing. GRRRRR.

[LoftyLottie]

I swear more in real life than I do on here!!!! :o(

[4getmenot]

I called my mum a tw*t once because I thought it was same as twit my god I got a wack

[zzxxee]

i do but only if im really angry but i hate teenage kids dwearing even when they have normal conversations they sound so thick