Re: Swearing and rudeness in general

I swear

The F word is a constant, flows out of me like water from a tap

I also quite like bollocks

I can often be heard swearing away, esp at work

I don't swear at people though. My F words would be more like a F it, when something had gone wrong, the same as bollocks, Ive missed something

I cant imagine swearing directly at someone unless I was in a proper rage, which is really rare

Re: Swearing and rudeness in general

My partner is a Dementia nurse.....she came home from work at 9pm this evening......she's had a tough day!
She's had to perform 3 seperate restraints.

One took over half an hour.

She even had to ask a colleague to wipe the sweat from her forehead whilst conducting the restraint.

With this thread in mind, I asked her if she swore at all !

She admitted that, under her breath, she did.....It helped her cope.

Please don't moralise about swearing. We all lead different lives and have different pressures.

I see swearing as dynamic and versatile and a link to 5000years of language development.....and the fact we say f*ck, c*nt and bollox , just as our ancestors did is quite comforting!

Re: Swearing and rudeness in general

Swearing and what was known as an obscene word used to be a criminal offence if spoken in public.
It was known as Navvy language for man only and never in front of a female.
When did it start I wonder?

I know there were swear words in Lady Chatterley's Lover which we read behind the bike sheds at School but we did not know the meaning of most of the obscene words.

Once at an Art class at a school, a little six-year-old girl with a face like an angel stood on her tiptoes and looking through the window told us all to F....Off! before her teacher took her away.

These days .appaerently, it is a term of endearments it is common for families to swear at each other constantly.

Children on school buses are the worst, and Mothers dragging little babies around the Supermarkets swearing at them for crying. also, so-called comedians who can't say one sentence without swearing profusely. Don't know why people laugh at them!

My family know not to swear in front of me,

Re: Swearing and rudeness in general

As I said previously, we all have different temperaments too.
Don't try and make a big deal out of my viewpoint please.

Re: Swearing and rudeness in general

If people want to swear and swing naked from the Chandeliers,
that's fine,.... but don't ask me to join in.

Re: Swearing and rudeness in general

I still remember hearing a female say the F word when I was a 15 year old at my first job, it made me flush bright red.

Times have changed, still hate the C word, but must admit to swearing, mainly to annoy the wife.

I actually said *cough* "bloody" today and my grand daughter was in hysterics, I said "I suppose I have to bloody do it" and she took it literally.
She thought it was blood I was speaking about......and kept on saying it.....bloody bloody bloody........What have I done ?

Her other grand parents are religious, I'm not, so may get banned from ever seeing her again.

I am hiding up here from the politics and immigration threads......give me asylum please.....eFF them wierdos......so opinionated.

I feel safer here...........hope I haven't offended anyone.

Re: Swearing and rudeness in general

What words do people who swear all the time use if they get really really mad? I rarely get so mad that I have to resort to swear words but I reckon to say bollocks is better than giving someone a slap around the chops

Actually like many others here I dislike swearing in everyday conversation, i have a friend who lives in Spain who swears all the time, when she comes over to England I have to be careful who I invite if she is included as some folks really dislike her for it...I think men are more judgemental when it comes to women swearing at least in our generation

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My husband is ex forces and know that swearing seemed to be the norm in their environment but he left it behind at work when he came home!

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My friend J was telling me ...

Last year her and hubby went on a sailing holiday and met up with a group of people , they all exchanged numbers to meet again . Last week two of the group arranged a dinner with J and her hubby , they arrived in the restaurant first and as the "friends" walked in J was shocked to see the male friend had a T shirt on with the word C in capital letters across the front . She was embarrassed to be with them , Apparantly he likes to shock people . J said she would never meet with them again , nor would I

Re: Swearing and rudeness in general

I won't. You're capable of doing that all by your self!