Swearing and/or offensive language

[Fab Foodie]

Evidently Chicken town.....

 

[AndyRM]

After i read this post earlier today. I private messaged @AndyRM to call a truce, to which we have now both agreed on, hoepfully going foward these types of posts will no longer be seen.

i have like boris johnson, had other PMs with members today And will probably have more PMs with members later this evening.

i hope you all have a wonderful day

Calling it time is more than cool with me, and I'm glad that we went there.

 

[Unkraut]

While cycling today I've been thinking about words which have lost their possibly offensive meanings through common use.

This might be a bit debatable (as it were) but Tory.

1566 "An outlaw," specifically "one of a class of Irish robbers noted for outrages and savage cruelty," About 1646, it emerged as a derogatory term for Irish Catholics dispossessed of their land (some of whom subsequently turned to outlawry). Then morphed into the name of the political party, used before the term Conservative was coined. (Etymological dictionary.)

Nowadays of course it has come to mean a collection of jolly decent chaps who really care about the working poor.

 

[Hitchington]

Bad language is a beautiful thing

 

[jowwy]

Illiterate c*nt.

Coming from a yam yam……….

 

[Mr Celine]

Everything you need to know about swearing north of the border. Not for daffodils as it contains the daffodil word.

 

[Fab Foodie]

EVIDENTLY CHICKENTOWN​

The farking cops are farking keen
To farking keep it farking clean
The farking chief’s a farking swine
Who farking draws a farking line
At farking fun and farking games
The farking kids he farking blames
Are nowehere to be farking found
Anywhere in Chickentown
The farking scene is farking sad
The farking news is farking bad
The farking weed is farking turf
The farking speed is farking surf
The farking folks are farking daft
Don’t make me farking laugh
It farking hurts to look around
Everywhere in Chickentown
The farking train is farking late
You farking wait you farking wait
You’re farking lost and farking found
Stuck in farking Chickentown
The farking view is farking vile
For farking miles and farking miles
The farking babies farking cry
The farking flowers farking die
The farking food is farking muck
The farking drains are farking farked
The colour scheme is farking brown
Everywhere in Chickentown
The farking pubs are farking dull
The farking clubs are farking full
Of farking girls and farking guys
With farking murder in Their eyes
A farking bloke is farking stabbed
Waiting for a farking cab
You farking stay at farking home
The farking neighbors farking moan
Keep The farking racket down
This is farking Chickentown
The farking train is farking late
You farking wait you farking wait
You’re farking lost and farking found
Stuck in farking Chickentown
The farking pies are farking old
The farking chips are farking cold
The farking beer is farking flat
The farking flats have farking rats
The farking clocks are farking wrong
The farking days are farking long
It farking gets you farking down
Evidently Chickentown

 

[MrGrumpy]

Everything you need to know about swearing north of the border. Not for daffodils as it contains the daffodil word.

All of that is true ! We can add swear words anywhere sometimes it is term of endearment

 

[Ian H]

EVIDENTLY CHICKENTOWN​

The farking cops are farking keen
To farking keep it farking clean
The farking chief’s a farking swine
Who farking draws a farking line
At farking fun and farking games
The farking kids he farking blames
Are nowehere to be farking found
Anywhere in Chickentown
The farking scene is farking sad
The farking news is farking bad
The farking weed is farking turf
The farking speed is farking surf
The farking folks are farking daft
Don’t make me farking laugh
It farking hurts to look around
Everywhere in Chickentown
The farking train is farking late
You farking wait you farking wait
You’re farking lost and farking found
Stuck in farking Chickentown
The farking view is farking vile
For farking miles and farking miles
The farking babies farking cry
The farking flowers farking die
The farking food is farking muck
The farking drains are farking farked
The colour scheme is farking brown
Everywhere in Chickentown
The farking pubs are farking dull
The farking clubs are farking full
Of farking girls and farking guys
With farking murder in Their eyes
A farking bloke is farking stabbed
Waiting for a farking cab
You farking stay at farking home
The farking neighbors farking moan
Keep The farking racket down
This is farking Chickentown
The farking train is farking late
You farking wait you farking wait
You’re farking lost and farking found
Stuck in farking Chickentown
The farking pies are farking old
The farking chips are farking cold
The farking beer is farking flat
The farking flats have farking rats
The farking clocks are farking wrong
The farking days are farking long
It farking gets you farking down
Evidently Chickentown

I'm not sure the Rev Bowdler would consider that sufficient. Dr JCC, on the other hand, would probably laugh his socks off.

 

[Rusty Nails]

Swearing is usually dull, and reduces the clarity of the text and/or speaker. Very often it's simply unpleasant. VERY VERY occasionally it can be wonderful (or at least amusing.)

Having worked on building sites and factories, plus conversations in the street or over the pub, where swear words are often sprayed around without any thought it is hard to think that they add beauty, or anything at all, to the dialogue.

On the other hand, when my quadriceps tendon was torn from my knee, the swear words added a whole new dimension to the situation.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

On the other hand, when my quadriceps tendon was torn from my knee, the swear words added a whole new dimension to the situation.

Studies have shown that swearing in response to pain does have an analgesic effect. If you hurt yourself, swear.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It's maybe time for the thread to have a little more wholesome content, so here's a cute little girl chasing bubbles...

View: https://youtu.be/ZTmkVfaCtvQ

 

[matticus]

https://www.google.com/search?q=EVIDENTLY+CHICKENTOWN

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Lyrics
The bloody cops are bloody keen
To bloody keep it bloody clean
The bloody chief's a bloody swine
Who bloody draws a bloody line… Full lyrics

Just FYI.

 

[spen666]

Yeah, I am.

It's all about the context of usage for me.

For example, if I'm listening to a Geto Boys song, I'll sing along and use all the words. That doesn't mean I'm about to racially abuse someone for no reason.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say or use c**n or w*g.

You are either for limitation of language or you are not

 

[BoldonLad]

Having worked on building sites and factories, plus conversations in the street or over the pub, where swear words are often sprayed around without any thought it is hard to think that they add beauty, or anything at all, to the dialogue.

On the other hand, when my quadriceps tendon was torn from my knee, the swear words added a whole new dimension to the situation.

Oh dear, perhaps, we agree?

The thread title is "Swearing and/or offensive language", and, gives no indication if this is in a public or private context

By definition, can "offensive language" ever be acceptable, (certainly) in a public setting?

In a public setting (say for example on a train journey), is it acceptable for a passenger, who finds swearing objectionable, to be subjected to swearing, by a fellow passenger, possibly for several hours, even if that swearing is not directed at them personally?

I use "train journey" as an example, there are numerous other examples available, including the workplace.