How often do you curse?

mr_fegelien · 16-08-2019 12:55PM

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I do think it's changing with the times. My parents, now in their 70s, would have been warned not to curse, and chastised for it. As mentioned above, bastard is a word that had very strong emotional connections back in the day, as being a bastard was looked down upon, thank you Catholic church (in Ireland anyway). Now, children are born outside of wedlock more often than in wedlock and the Catholic church no longer has the strong hold it once had on our nation.

I do agree that constant, non-stop cursing in every sentence can come across as bad, and i'm guilty of it myself, depending on how bad of a day I had. I personally think we should be teaching kids that words are just words.

Although I agree with you, the fact is cursing is more of social ettiquete. There's nothing inherently rude about saying f*ck when you get angry but society has decided there are certain words and topics not polite to discuss.

mr_fegelien · 16-08-2019 12:57PM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Nah she's not a **** like that.

What do you mean?

I personally don't see swearing at someone different from swearing in general. Hardly swear at all but don't have an issue with those that do.

Why is saying f*ck! when stubbing your toe in anger any different from saying to some mcdonalds worker who totally messed up your order "piss the **** off mate"?

Sabre0001 · 16-08-2019 12:58PM

Playing videogames and watching sports mainly...or if I hit off something of course!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 16-08-2019 01:08PM

mr_fegelien wrote: »

What do you mean?

I personally don't see swearing at someone different from swearing in general. Hardly swear at all but don't have an issue with those that do.

Why is saying f*ck! when stubbing your toe in anger any different from saying to some mcdonalds worker who totally messed up your order "piss the **** off mate"?

Because one is a deliberate act of aggression against another person, it's not specifically to do with the swearing.

It's like saying what's the difference between "Oh drat" when you stub your toe and "you're a pathetic idiot" to a McDonald's worker. What's the difference between stamping your foot when you're frustrated or stamping on the face of the person who's frustrating you. Etc.

Church on Tuesday · 16-08-2019 01:17PM

mr_fegelien wrote: »

What do you mean?

I personally don't see swearing at someone different from swearing in general. Hardly swear at all but don't have an issue with those that do.

Why is saying f*ck! when stubbing your toe in anger any different from saying to some mcdonalds worker who totally messed up your order "piss the **** off mate"?

You'd have to be a proper prick to say that to a MaccyD's worker.

frosty123 · 16-08-2019 05:37PM

Im a protestant so I never use bad language. ..I leave that to you catholics :-)

cj maxx · 16-08-2019 05:40PM

frosty123 wrote: »

Im a protestant so I never use bad language. ..I leave that to you catholics :-)

Roman catholics!

cj maxx · 16-08-2019 05:42PM

To answer the OP probably 6-8 times a day.

Hego Damask · 23-08-2019 11:36AM

Raconteuse · 23-08-2019 04:55PM

I do swear - especially at work. And I recognise the therapeutic aspects of it. Also no issue (as many seem to have) with the c word. However I don't like the sound of people sticking a swear word in between every non swear word. I think of The Commitments, like it's for childish shock value.

To me it adds emphasis, expressiveness - using it in mundane speech defeats its purpose.

Tony EH · 23-08-2019 06:46PM

Every day, probably.

I've never been sensitive to "curse" words. Always found it odd that some people are.

In fact, they're some of the most expressive words in the English language.

Tony EH · 23-08-2019 06:58PM

Roger_007 wrote: »

Are the Irish, (particularly Dublin Irish), the only nationality who manage to put an expletive in the middle of another word e.g. Absofcukinglutely?

No. The Scots and the Welsh are prone to flowery language just as much.

Catalonians, at least the ones I've met, can knock out the words of curse as well.

Tony EH · 23-08-2019 07:01PM

Graces7 wrote: »

also I would be mortally offended to be called a bastard for any reason.

Even if it was your name?

Galwayguy35 · 23-08-2019 07:09PM

Probably way too much, most sentences that come out of my mouth have the f or c word included.

tayto lover · 23-08-2019 07:10PM

Too much but I’m trying to stop it.

Flincher · 23-08-2019 08:43PM

I've had to tone it down since moving abroad. It's far less common to swear in the office. I noticed people found the occasional Fcuk either funny or surprising so it ended up distracting from, rather than emphasising, the point I was trying to make.

branie2 · 23-08-2019 11:41PM

Never

Raconteuse · 25-08-2019 01:29AM

Remember bumping into a Canadian woman I used to work with and saying "wasn't our boss a right cuntt haha!" (The woman in question absolutely was - I don't use the term lightly; she was supremely vile).

The Canadian woman was utterly horrified.

Tony EH · 25-08-2019 01:51AM

Raconteuse wrote: »

Remember bumping into a Canadian woman I used to work with and saying "wasn't our boss a right cuntt haha!" (The woman in question absolutely was - I don't use the term lightly; she was supremely vile).

The Canadian woman was utterly horrified.

Over the course of my "cursing" life :pac: , I have never seen a single word than can reduce so many women to utter horror.

I bet she wouldn't have batted an eyelid if you had used another word instead.

jaxxx · 25-08-2019 01:53AM

It would be easier for me to answer how often I don't curse!

L1011 · 25-08-2019 01:54AM

Multiple **** times a ****ing day, often ****ting times an hour. The Irish acceptable cursing standard does rather shock people abroad, but at least the management when I worked in the UK were Scottish and Dutch - both of which really outdo us

jaxxx · 25-08-2019 01:56AM

Tony EH wrote: »

Over the course of my "cursing" life :pac: , I have never seen a single word than can reduce so many women to utter horror.

I bet she wouldn't have batted an eyelid if you had used another word instead.

Am I allowed to link this.. .. .. Hmm. Ah sure, nothing ventured nothing gained!

Raconteuse · 25-08-2019 03:31AM

Tony EH wrote: »

Over the course of my "cursing" life :pac: , I have never seen a single word than can reduce so many women to utter horror.

I bet she wouldn't have batted an eyelid if you had used another word instead.

I don't get why it causes more offence than the f word. I mean I know it's slang for female genitalia but other insults are slang for male genitalia.

And the c word is used to insult men also. Moreso than women from what I've observed.

It's a nasty word and I don't use it liberally, but sometimes the cap fits!

25-08-2019 03:44AM

Habitually, and I couldn't give a shat about purgatory. Fúck all of you puritans.

25-08-2019 07:56AM

Regularly. Not in anger, they're just part of my vocabulary.

Tony EH · 25-08-2019 11:08AM

Raconteuse wrote: »

I don't get why it causes more offence than the f word. I mean I know it's slang for female genitalia but other insults are slang for male genitalia.

And the c word is used to insult men also. Moreso than women from what I've observed.

It's a nasty word and I don't use it liberally, but sometimes the cap fits!

You do get why it causes more offence. It comes down to that.

Porklife · 25-08-2019 03:32PM

I had a work review recently and the only negative critique I received was that I curse way too much.
I don't even ****ing notice I'm doing it.

Fr_Dougal · 26-08-2019 07:06PM

Rarely

26-08-2019 07:13PM

It's the sign of poor vocabulary and you let yourself down when you do it. So I never fucking curse.

_Brian · 26-08-2019 07:20PM

More than I used to and have recently chastised myself to pull back.

Just society has gotten so shallow and self centred that dealing with the public is getting harder and more frustrating.

So many selfish people, but I’ve so little patience.

How often do you curse?

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