Re: Swearing
The common usage of 4 letter expletives seems to have increased, among younger people, at about the same rate as unacceptable behaviour. Why these words became taboo in the first place I don't know, though perhaps the taboo was reinforced by Victorian morality (and hypocrisy) which consigned everything even vaguely connected to human reproduction into the closet.
I don't use that language, myself, and I don't want to hear it. When I do hear it, however, it doesn't make me reach for the smelling salts. I just think it's sad that so many habitual users seem to have such limited vocabularies.
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Last edited by West Ender; 22-01-2009 at 21:27.
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