Swearing - Love it or hate it?

whyamihere
whyamihere Posts: 7,719
edited February 2011 in The Crudcatcher
I love a good swear, there's probably not many people who swear as much as I do. I think it's something to be enjoyed, it adds colour to the language, and creative swearing can be an excellent indication of intelligence. Stephen Fry's views on swearing are quite closely related to mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_osQvkeNRM

Other people, however, consider swearing to be an indication of a poor intellect and small vocabulary. They claim shock and horror, inventing names such as 'the f-bomb' to avoid actually just saying the word they mean.

So, what's your view?

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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    fucking love it :lol:
  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    I enjoy a good sweary and is an area where I feel we lead the world
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  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    I hate restricted people, too many worry about what other people are saying and doing, and they need a life. Swearing is just a part of my average day life, the ufcking has replaced the word um.
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  • Andy B
    Andy B Posts: 8,115
    I think the image in my sig is a a bit of a fcuking give away as to my stance on this
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  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    I'm on the fence on this one. I always say I don't like swearing but then I seem to swear more than most people at work.

    These days I'm a lot less cautious about my bad language.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    the Swedes like a good fcuk now and then, they even use it in film titles.
    even though the English title was slightly different.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_Me_Love_%28film%29

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  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    swearing is fanfuckingtastic. Period. Da End. Fin.

    Also, it's very good for you.
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    I was once told by my boss I cuss and swear so much I take the value out of the sin!
    Thereafer I toned my swearing down.. for about a day or two

    Yes, I am a guttermouth when it comes to swearing...
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  • wordnumb
    wordnumb Posts: 847
    Lazy swearing: no. Inventive swearing: yes.

    Unless you are a character in an Armando Iannucci semi-improvised tv show, swearing follows a law of diminishing returns.
  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    Hate it.
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  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    Depends. Some people swear because they don't know how to use any other words. You can tell who is being intelligent when swearing, as they use swear words to express their opinion.
    Some chavs would say that something is fkucking sh1t, and mean they didn't like it, whereas if I said it, I'd mean I really hated, despised, abhored it.

    And I fukcing hate chavs!
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  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt8_HybhM5Q
  • chojin
    chojin Posts: 67
    I'm from essex - the motherland of swearing!

    every other word is pretty much offensive as standard 8)
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  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    Andy wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt8_HybhM5Q
    Fantastic!
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  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    eloquent as fuck too!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    The Big Cheese wrote:
    ******* love it :lol:
    Ditto.
    Just down the road, there is a town that is actually famous for the locals' ability to converse purely in swearing. :D
  • DCR00
    DCR00 Posts: 2,160
    chojin wrote:
    I'm from essex - the motherland of swearing!

    every other word is pretty much offensive as standard 8)

    Im sorry, but Scotland is clearly the motherland of swearing

    Any country where you cant even tell someone is swearing at you clearly have it nailed down

    I like swearing
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  • bobpzero
    bobpzero Posts: 1,431
    gets boring after awhile. really it was when comedians started swearing it wasnt funny at all.
  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    FWIW my grandma could say "sugar" with such venom it sounded like the worst swear word in the world. It's not just words, it's delivery. Like, listen to a scottish ned and sooner or later he'll say something like... "It's like, eh, fuckiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnn" and that'll be the entire sentence but it still means something to his mates :lol:
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    The Glasgow vernacular

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phJ9OdYniuM
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  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    wordnumb wrote:
    Lazy swearing: no. Inventive swearing: yes.

    This.
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  • re-cycles
    re-cycles Posts: 107
    I hate it. I don't swear, and have never felt the need to do so. I could understand the use of swearing if it was reserved for extreme circumstances, but with some people it seems that every other word must be an expletive, which not only leaves them sounding the same regardless of the situation (and therefore much harder to take seriously) but also a little dim as their sentences really don't make sense!
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    swearing is the one single thing that separates us from the animals.

    i love to swear all the time but i can turn it off when speaking to certain officers, the rest of the time, i swear until my head falls off.
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  • Arkady001
    Arkady001 Posts: 201
    Ex-Army so I have no option but to swear like a Trooper - it's the Law...
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,955
    whyamihere wrote:
    I love a good swear, there's probably not many people who swear as much as I do. I think it's something to be enjoyed, it adds colour to the language, and creative swearing can be an excellent indication of intelligence. Stephen Fry's views on swearing are quite closely related to mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_osQvkeNRM
    In which case take the f****ng swear filter off of this c****ng forum so we can have a good swear :)
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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Used to swear but have almost completely removed it from my day to day language since my kids became old enough to notice such things.
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  • jay12
    jay12 Posts: 6,126
    pretty much everyone swears these days. i don't mind it and i tend to do it quite often but i don't like people(e.g chavs) who swear in every sentence which don't even make sense
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    jay12 wrote:
    pretty much everyone swears these days. i don't mind it and i tend to do it quite often but i don't like people(e.g chavs) who swear in every sentence which don't even make sense

    "Which doesn't even make sense".


    And you're too young to swear. I'm telling your parents.
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  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    Overheard on the Monkey a while back. A small group at the top of Upper Cliff:

    bloke #1: "Can we miss this bit out?"
    gob #1: "F*ck off! This is the best f*cking bit! C'mon ya f*cking fairy!"

    At the bottom I stop to adjust the sp, gob #1 skids to a halt:
    gob #1: "F*cking great eh?!"

    Later...the bench at the top of Lower Cliff, me and another bloke are just admiring the view. Gob #1 crests the rise, rides straight between us and leans his bike on the ground in front of the bench
    gob #1: "F*ck me that's a b*stard eh? F*cking grippy tho"
    Shouts to his mates, grinding up the climb:
    "F*cking hurry up, this is the best f*cking bit!"

    lol

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