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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Shaker, Chaucer was speaking the language of the day...the words commonly used as swear words were Old English parlance......but personally I do not want to hear them bandied about by people who wouldn't know that fact if it bit them on the bum. You don't hear these same people using Latin do you...that is another one of the old languages.
The best compliment that I can offer you is to hope that you live long enough to be seen as 'Old fashioned'.
I think that swearing is just a sign of a lazy mind and it is a fashion of followers rather tham leaders. I would rather be a leader than a follower.
And I would rather be deaf than have to listen to the foul language of SOME of the youth(and not so young) of today.
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Like it or not, obscenity is the language of our day ... familiarity brings not only contempt but also a degree of immunity. And it can be a source of entertainment. I would recommend George Carlin's skit, "7 Dirty Words You Can't Say on TV." Or his latest book, "When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?"
Still, I do believe that the rule of common sense should apply. If my buddy and I are trying to fix his geriatric Harley Davidson panhead, obscentiy is approriate, particularly as it is the quirkiest f**king bike on the whole c***sucking planet! But in the company of those who you know will take offence, let common sense take over and watch yo mouth.