Is swearing going out of fashion?

[BN9 BHA]

Anyone that has to drive through Newhaven and doesn't swear is a saint in my book.

 

[catfish]

There's nothing wrong with a good swear.

I quite agreee - if nothing else it makes you feel a bit better about the world around you.

 

[Creaky]

Stephen Fry swears a lot, and a lot of people think he is very literate and intelligent

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“Swearing is a really important part of one’s life. It would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing, and without enjoying swearing. There used to be mad, silly, prissy people who used to say swearing was a sign of a poor vocabulary. It is such utter nonsense. The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies, and the kind of person who says swearing is a sign of a poor vocabulary usually have a poor vocabulary themselves. The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a ****ing lunatic. I haven’t met anybody who’s truly shocked at swearing… really. They’re only shocked on behalf of other people. Well, you know, that’s preposterous. Or they say, “It’s not necessary,” as if that should stop one doing it. It’s not necessary to have coloured socks, it’s not necessary for this cushion to be here, but is anyone going to write in and say, “I was shocked to see that cushion there, it really wasn’t necessary”? No. Things not being necessary is what makes life interesting. The little extras in life.” — Stephen Fry


I think the underlined in the above makes a very good point. I did say in my earlier post that my comfort level when conversing with someone who is swearing heavily falls even lower when the conversation can be overheard.

When I've heard SF swear it has not been a constant string of expletives but rather carefully placed, (planned), word bombs. To expand on his analogy of the cushions if there were so many cushions that it was impossible to sit in the armchair they were on then, not only would they be 'not necessary' but they would also be an obstruction to the enjoyment of the armchair.

 

[OzMike]

I tend not to swear, but can see why it is done in certain circumstances.
I don't like it and think it not necessary.
It's a personal thing, if you don't like people who swear, then don't hang around with them.
It's not impressive and when I hear girls/women swearing like troopers it sounds so awful and I put as much distance between us as I can.

 

[Dick Head]

Fup off, you fuppin' baxter!

 

[tedlit]

SUCK MY DUCK

 

[Justice]

FFS

 

[KZNSeagull]

It certainly seems the fashion in recently produced TV dramas to throw in a C or an F word now and then - the last episode of Wolf Hall for example, or those dramatisations of the Ken Follet books. Perhaps this is just to wake everyone up?

 

[Keith Patel]

Is swearing going out of fashion, do you think?

Is it f*ck!!!

 

[Easy 10]

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Someone posted this up the other day, and I thought it was BRILLIANT.

It goes to prove that swearing is big. And clever.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Rife in financial services........along with a lack of literacy and poor education [emoji3]

Try Financial Services IT, In Ireland. I worked on a site in Dublin for three months where everyone used the C word as punctuation.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Yes. People in my social groups definitely swear less - it may be an age thing I suppose. I think I might be the sweary one ..............

 

[Pavilionaire]

As an accountant I have to deal with HM Revenue & Customs in a daily basis. It is therefore impossible NOT to swear at work.

I actually think it is a good stress reliever.

 

[Surrey Seagull]

“Swearing is a really important part of one’s life. It would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing, and without enjoying swearing. There used to be mad, silly, prissy people who used to say swearing was a sign of a poor vocabulary. It is such utter nonsense. The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies, and the kind of person who says swearing is a sign of a poor vocabulary usually have a poor vocabulary themselves. The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a ****ing lunatic. I haven’t met anybody who’s truly shocked at swearing… really. They’re only shocked on behalf of other people. Well, you know, that’s preposterous. Or they say, “It’s not necessary,” as if that should stop one doing it. It’s not necessary to have coloured socks, it’s not necessary for this cushion to be here, but is anyone going to write in and say, “I was shocked to see that cushion there, it really wasn’t necessary”? No. Things not being necessary is what makes life interesting. The little extras in life.” — Stephen Fry


I think the underlined in the above makes a very good point. I did say in my earlier post that my comfort level when conversing with someone who is swearing heavily falls even lower when the conversation can be overheard.

When I've heard SF swear it has not been a constant string of expletives but rather carefully placed, (planned), word bombs. To expand on his analogy of the cushions if there were so many cushions that it was impossible to sit in the armchair they were on then, not only would they be 'not necessary' but they would also be an obstruction to the enjoyment of the armchair.

I think this is what you mean. Oh and for the sensitive types...this contains naughty words!

 

[Seagull58]

Charming, a Cv to be proud of, bet you can't wait to show off your vocabulary in front of the grandkids?

Oh do F*** off

 

[Seagull58]

Just lack of style mate .......

You can F*** off too

 

[driller]

Swearing just shows a lack of literacy as a result of a poor education. As for being fashionable? Maybe in Chav culture, failing that I really don't know.

Rubbish

I know thousands of words but I still prefer ' f***off ' to ' go away '!

 

[blueandwhitestripes]

I hardly ever swear except at the football. Oddly enough, I haven't been swearing as much this season

 

[Hotchilidog]

I do my best to keep the tradition alive.

 

[jameswestport]

**** no