Silly season here already.

12 hours ago, Samuel Smith said:

The prudes that run this forum seem to get upset by use of the word <deleted> ????

The word "deleted" does not upset me in any way. 

 

<serious mode>

The word (insert translation of the German word "fick") upsets the forum Naughty Words Filter and Mr Google who helps keep the forum free to use.

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Mr Google can be a real prude.

IMHO expletives overused reduces their value in use. Much the same as every Mother's Son/Daughter being a hero these days....

I worked with a bloke who liked to say the F word A LOT.   <deleted> this and <deleted> that.  He couldn't complete even a short sentence without using it at least once.

 

So let's be realistic about this.  F#@% is the most descriptive word in the English language and adds a touch of spice to whatever is being discussed.   But when it is is used too much, it just sounds boring and crass.

 

And there are so many other excellent adjectives found in the dictionary that can be used instead and have just about the same impact.

 

I tolerated this fellow's crude language because I know very well that not everyone has been gifted with a vocabulary beyond base level.

 

He lost me though when he started talking about his f#@%ing son.

 

As an engineer old enough to have come through an exclusively male system (RN then the rail industry) the use of profanities was normal, even expected (the odd female who slipped through swore as much as the lads).

 

Fast forwards x0 odd years and I'm in a much more cultured environment, with lots of ladies (as engineers as well as office dollies) so the language has to tone down, lots of use of "flip" and "carp" (or even "fish"), even "sugar" comes out.

 

In a few years these words will be considered as profanities and the subject of this thread will be just another word.

 

12 hours ago, baansgr said:

 

 

A joke that effectively ended his career. Sad.

13 hours ago, steven100 said:

Call me old fashioned but I find swearing degrading and repulsive.

There's no need or reason to ' F ' this and F that when men or teenages are in a group.

Yes, I do swear at home alone when something doesn't work properly, but not in the company of others.

Just my opinion.

Your opinion is based upon Christian morals. It is religion that tells us not to swear. Well I say ***k that.????

Youtube George Calin: Useage of the word ***k. Fantastic exercise in English grammar.????

As a northerner, if people are offended by the F word, I simply replace it with "Twot" with an "A" not an "O". Doesn't offend our American cousins as most of them don't know what it means.

Cant abide the "F" for flip flops guys I'm a "C" for crocs man????  

12 hours ago, worgeordie said:

The F word is everywhere,remember when one of the sex pistols 

said it on the BBC, now in nearly every drama show on tv its used

all the time, along with humping, so you can now say it on the BBC 

but not on ThaiVisa  <deleted> ,  see what i mean.

regards worgeordie

You're right, of course. Nowadays it's all about political correctness. We are offended by other words, especially i you are part of a minority or LBJ, QLBTH group or whatever.

It' s worse than censorship before, nowadays the police can come to your home because you uttered an inflammatory remark, put something unpleasant about transsexuals on facebook. You can even go to jail for calling mohammed a pedofile (only in the UK, not in civilized European countries).

 

Every xxing decade seems to have its own xxing problems with some concepts or politically incorrect words. It drives me crazy.

The other day I was bashed on a forum for using the term " asylumseeker" . Apparently one is not allowed to call that person an asylumseeker anymore after he/she/it/them has been granted a leave to remain. Alright, I says, I'll call them EX-asylumseekers from now on. Then the shit really hit the fan.

 

Shit, another interesting word, that once was considered uncouth to use....

13 hours ago, vogie said:

If the aitch is silent you use 'an' and I'm from Yorkshire where we drop all our atches, so it's an ammer. ????

In Liverpool it's a nammer.

 

37 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Cant abide the "F" for flip flops guys I'm a "C" for crocs man????  

When I was in Oz they called them thong

There's a time and place to use the f word and other similar words, but offended? Certainly not!

14 hours ago, steven100 said:

Call me old fashioned but I find swearing degrading and repulsive.

There's no need or reason to ' F ' this and F that when men or teenages are in a group.

Yes, I do swear at home alone when something doesn't work properly, but not in the company of others.

Just my opinion.

I guess I'm old fashion to. I used the word many times but usually only when very frustrated with something I was doing. Especially when the wrench slips and bang my knuckles, but never use it in mixed company. I felt it was disrespectful to women. That's probably "old fashion" also.

14 hours ago, vogie said:

The only time I swear is when I hit my thumb with an hammer, then I can be heard from miles around, but no, never swear. I just can't understand why people need to use 4 or 5 expletives in one sentence.

 

It's quite simple, as my mother said, "swearing is the resort of the badly educated" they are just so poorly, badly or un, educated that they don't have the vocabulary to invite you to the wedding of their parents, then to "go forth and multiply"

1 minute ago, TPUBON said:

I guess I'm old fashion to. I used the word many times but usually only when very frustrated with something I was doing. Especially when the wrench slips and bang my knuckles, but never use it in mixed company. I felt it was disrespectful to women. That's probably "old fashion" also.

No, you are not "old fashioned" you are showing respect to other people, which is a dying trait unfortunately. The potty mouths that use this language cannot respect themselves.????

14 hours ago, grollies said:

You're old-fashioned.

Nothing to do with old fashioned. I swear a lot but only with myself, hoping no-one else can hear me. I have never sworn in the company of women and children or in any other social group. Call it respect and dignity.

Am I offended when in the company of others consistently swearing? Not offended, but not impressed and accept they are not my kind of person.

I still consider swearing in mixed company distasteful ....... but there again I'm old school. I guess it depends on how you were brought up & the company you've kept during your upbringing. The English language does not need these vulgar phrases to express one's self, but I guess it's the times we live in now. I do still cringe when I hear the "F" & "C" word in mixed company ..... there really is no need for it. It's even worse when members of the "fairer sex" curse & swear with a pint of lager in their hand. I served in the military for over twenty years & I can say that I've heard my quota of foul language in stressful situations, but mixed company? ........ not for me as I find it really offensive as there is really no need for it to express yourself .... plus those that do degrade themselves in front of their peers. Ah well ....... as I've said "I'm old school" & proud of it!

I was once sat in a classy restaurant, in Phnom Penh, with a classy Cambodian lady who spoke quite good English. At the next table were a group of barang businessmen. One of them, a large Canadian in a suit, was constantly and loudly using the "F" word. I leaned over to him and informed him that my girlfriend spoke good English and could understand every word that he was saying. He immediately apologised and didn't use the "F" word again.

 

I think that you hear a lot of farangs, in Thailand, use the word in mixed company because they assume that Thais don't know the word. Far from it, it's the one word that Thais understand, more than any other.

 

 

15 hours ago, vogie said:

If the aitch is silent you use 'an' and I'm from Yorkshire where we drop all our atches, so it's an ammer. ????

Fkcing A

The same people who are offended probably tune into their favorite TV shows where they are inundated by the same language and they don't bat an eyelash. 

Don’t go to Scotland. Swear words are used as <deleted> punctuation. <deleted> is a term of endearment.

The F word is used so much and has some many meanings. 

 

And in this crazy PC libtard world. Everything is offensive.

 

But personally I couldn't give a F!

3 minutes ago, connda said:

The same people who are offended probably tune into their favorite TV shows where they are inundated by the same language and they don't bat an eyelash. 

If you are offended by language on the tv, you have the option of turning it off, if someone is sat next to you blasting out foul and profane language out like a rickety Thai boom box, it is a little more difficult, but still possible.

It really shouldn't be an offensive word anymore.  My friends and I use it all the time, no big deal.  Heck, you hear 12 yr olds using it on the playground.  You see it on t-shirts.  And obviously, you hear it in the movie theaters.  But it's a western sensibilities thing.  In fact, there are certain other words related to race that are much more offensive.  And the censors don't seem to be too concerned about that...relatively speaking.  Puritans have got it all wrong.  

I find it amusing that many English still think "bloody" is a profane word, not to be spoken in public (e.g., bloody nuisance).

 

It seems foolish to me that it's considered profane to say words like p...y and c..k, but OK to say vagina and penis. 

16 hours ago, vogie said:

The only time I swear is when I hit my thumb with an hammer, then I can be heard from miles around, but no, never swear. I just can't understand why people need to use 4 or 5 expletives in one sentence.

 

 

I find that not using a hammer results in a 100% reduction in those injuries.

 <deleted> no.

I do not understand why so many people get upset over the word. It's juicy and conveys so much. Very powerful. Perhaps those who protest are afraid of  the power it presents; of the delicious, delightful fileting of precious sensibilities.  To them;  F off.