Swearing in public.

Do you, or do you believe there is a time and a place for letting rip with the old four letter expletives?
Do you swear more than you used to or have you always been foul mouthed?
Is there anything wrong in it.....and has swearing become much more socially acceptable nowadays, if so....why?

Syl wrote:Do you, or do you believe there is a time and a place for letting rip with the old four letter expletives?
Do you swear more than you used to or have you always been foul mouthed?
Is there anything wrong in it.....and has swearing become much more socially acceptable nowadays, if so....why?

I swear a lot among friends and some family in private. I don't swear at all in front of parents or Grandparents.

In public it depends on the place. A pub or on the street then I'll swear, not loudly but then I'd never speak so loudly that others could easily overhear anyway. But pretty much anywhere else- a park, a museum a restaurant etc- no.

Syl wrote:Do you, or do you believe there is a time and a place for letting rip with the old four letter expletives?
Do you swear more than you used to or have you always been foul mouthed?
Is there anything wrong in it.....and has swearing become much more socially acceptable nowadays, if so....why?

You can blame the New Zealand Air Force for my swearing.   I was the only girl working with them in Singapore and didn't realise how much I had picked up until my Dad said something.   Can't say as it bothers me.   Best put down I ever heard was from a very lovely girl in a bus queue who was being bothered by a fella who obviously thought he was the bees knees.   She looked him up and down and in a VERY refined voice said 'I suggest you fuck right off'.   He slunk away with his tail between his legs.

Eilzel wrote:

Syl wrote:Do you, or do you believe there is a time and a place for letting rip with the old four letter expletives?
Do you swear more than you used to or have you always been foul mouthed?
Is there anything wrong in it.....and has swearing become much more socially acceptable nowadays, if so....why?

I swear a lot among friends and some family in private. I don't swear at all in front of parents or Grandparents.

In public it depends on the place. A pub or on the street then I'll swear, not loudly but then I'd never speak so loudly that others could easily overhear anyway. But pretty much anywhere else- a park, a museum a restaurant etc- no.

I have one particular friend where we both swear a lot....always in fun though.
I dont swear much in general conversation though and I never swore in front of my Mum, she didn't like it.
Choosing films I thought she would like was always a bit tricky. I remember one we watched together was 'Planes, trains and automobiles'....she was really enjoying it till Steve Martins character let forth a stream of F words at the sarky woman behind the desk.....she felt a bit let down after that.

Now it's impossible to watch a film, even a cert 12 that doesn't have swearing in it.

sassy wrote:

Syl wrote:Do you, or do you believe there is a time and a place for letting rip with the old four letter expletives?
Do you swear more than you used to or have you always been foul mouthed?
Is there anything wrong in it.....and has swearing become much more socially acceptable nowadays, if so....why?

You can blame the New Zealand Air Force for my swearing.   I was the only girl working with them in Singapore and didn't realise how much I had picked up until my Dad said something.   Can't say as it bothers me.   Best put down I ever heard was from a very lovely girl in a bus queue who was being bothered by a fella who obviously thought he was the bees knees.   She looked him up and down and in a VERY refined voice said 'I suggest you fuck right off'.   He slunk away with his tail between his legs.

Lol....sometimes using a swear word makes all the difference.

Swearing doesn't really bother me now, when I was younger it wasn't the norm to pepper every sentence with the F word, now, for some it's used all the time, so it certainly holds no shock value.
I hate to hear it said in front of children though....I do believe there is a time and a place.

I do hate to be swore AT though....if anyone swears at me...that's a different matter.

Off to shop. x

I swear whenever and wherever I feel like it. Sometimes it's often and other times, not so often.

They're just words. Who is it that told us they were bad? Who is this Lord of the Words?

He can fuck right off.

I hate to hear swearing unless someone is angry, or joking no need for it tbh.

Best to avoid some of my posts then, little delicate ears

I do swear on occasions, yes...  

...but mostly for emphasis and dependent on company.

No, I don't think it is any more or less common than in ye olde days.

Crikey!

I was just about to do this very same thread, for a discussion. It's an amazing coincidence when two people have the same idea together ...... though my own thread would have specifically addressed the attitude of gender intolerance (ie sex discrimination) of swearing, on forums. I'm really glad someone else has done this thread cos it's saved me the trouble.    




The two main points I'd have wanted to make are:
1. Why do some incredibly old fashioned people grumble that it's bad when women swear??  If you hate swearing then surely you should equally criticise BOTH men and women swearing. Strange to see people selectively criticise female swearing, yet tolerate men turning the air blue, or even find it funny.

2. Remember that on forums, all women use the F word. There are no exceptions that I know of.

Frankly I'm bored rigid with this specific gender intolerance, whereby some people are quite happy for men to swear, yet frown on women doing so. And they grumble about it AD NAUSEUM!!!  Stop grumbling about women using the F word.   It's 2016, not the 16th century.

My daughter phoned me up in a posh cafe, my phone was on autospeaker on account of my being 60% deaf.
Her words , to my horror were " I think I've broken my toe. It fucking hurts like fuck".
I drank my latte quickly!

I dont generally swear much in public unless someone REALLY riles me OR i hurt myself....

the last time I turned the air blue in public was when i slammed my car door shut.......with my finger still in the way

Jules wrote:Frankly I'm bored rigid with this specific gender intolerance, whereby some people are quite happy for men to swear, yet frown on women doing so. And they grumble about it AD NAUSEUM!!!  Stop grumbling about women using the F word.   It's 2016, not the 16th century.

I quite fucking agree!

eddie wrote:Best to avoid some of my posts then, little delicate ears

Fuck off

magica wrote:

eddie wrote:Best to avoid some of my posts then, little delicate ears

Fuck off

Syl wrote:Do you, or do you believe there is a time and a place for letting rip with the old four letter expletives?
Do you swear more than you used to or have you always been foul mouthed?
Is there anything wrong in it.....and has swearing become much more socially acceptable nowadays, if so....why?

I swear like a fucker at home and on forums. But not in public or in social situations.

I swear whenever I want but I don't swear like some, with every other word.
I kind of refuse to not be me.

eddie wrote:

magica wrote:

Fuck off

glad you saw I was joking Eddie x

magica wrote:

eddie wrote:

magica wrote:

Fuck off

 glad you saw I was joking Eddie x

Of course, magic.

I don't swear much in public -- I always think there might be a little kid somewhere that I can't see, and I don't believe in cursing in front of children. But with friends, family, neighbors, on forums, on Twitter, to my boss -- you bet your sweet ass I swear.

Bae the Cray wrote:I don't swear much in public -- I always think there might be a little kid somewhere that I can't see, and I don't believe in cursing in front of children. But with friends, family, neighbors, on forums, on Twitter, to my boss -- you bet your sweet ass I swear.

Damn those kids spoiling the swearing fun. Fuck it.

magica wrote:I hate to hear swearing unless someone is angry, or joking no need for it tbh.

Or if you drop something heavy on your toe....is it OK then?

When I worked for Lizzie I swore like a trooper, we all did, twaz kind of a USUAL language, I NEVER swore in the presence of family, females or children and today I very seldom swear at any time.

I could on forums at timez.

I do not associate with people who swear much, they slip up at times and know I am against it.

I cannot see why people need to swear in public.

Over the years I have told some dirty mouthed riff raft about swearing and it has led to probz.

Ziz wrote:I do swear on occasions, yes...  

...but mostly for emphasis and dependent on company.

No, I don't think it is any more or less common than in ye olde days.

Crikey!

In my experience swearing is definitely more common nowadays, I think films and TV are probably to blame for that.
Surely you remember the days when the F word was not allowed on TV.....I think the first time I heard it in a film was when Barbara Streisand said it in a film where she played a hooker...that was probably in the 70's..

Jules wrote:I was just about to do this very same thread, for a discussion. It's an amazing coincidence when two people have the same idea together ...... though my own thread would have specifically addressed the attitude of gender intolerance (ie sex discrimination) of swearing, on forums. I'm really glad someone else has done this thread cos it's saved me the trouble.    




The two main points I'd have wanted to make are:
1. Why do some incredibly old fashioned people grumble that it's bad when women swear??  If you hate swearing then surely you should equally criticise BOTH men and women swearing. Strange to see people selectively criticise female swearing, yet tolerate men turning the air blue, or even find it funny.

2. Remember that on forums, all women use the F word. There are no exceptions that I know of.

It's a coincidence when someone starts a thread about the very same topic you were going to write about....there could have been something in the news to trigger the thought, but I don't remember reading anything today...it just seemed like a good idea.

Good points, but I don't often see women being singled out for bad language when men are not....I think either people disapprove of swearing or they don't...it's a bit sexist to comment on female only bad language.

I don't think I do use the F word on forums.....I cant ever remember doing so anyway....I prefer to say the P word, and then very sparingly when someone has really pissed me off.

Bae the Cray wrote:I don't swear much in public -- I always think there might be a little kid somewhere that I can't see, and I don't believe in cursing in front of children. But with friends, family, neighbors, on forums, on Twitter, to my boss -- you bet your sweet ass I swear.

I hate to hear people swearing in front of children, even worse swearing at them.

Syl wrote:

Bae the Cray wrote:I don't swear much in public -- I always think there might be a little kid somewhere that I can't see, and I don't believe in cursing in front of children. But with friends, family, neighbors, on forums, on Twitter, to my boss -- you bet your sweet ass I swear.

I hate to hear people swearing in front of children, even worse swearing at them.

Me too Syl I don't swear in front of my grandkids and never at them either, or my own. No need for that.

I only swear when it slips out.

Tin hat time.

I said to this drunk geeza, don't swear in front of my wife, he said sorry I did not know it was her turn.

Oldies are the besties Major

Major wrote:I only swear when it slips out.

Tin hat time.

magica wrote:Oldies are the besties Major

The only ones I know, Magz. lol

Syl wrote:

Jules wrote:I was just about to do this very same thread, for a discussion. It's an amazing coincidence when two people have the same idea together ...... though my own thread would have specifically addressed the attitude of gender intolerance (ie sex discrimination) of swearing, on forums. I'm really glad someone else has done this thread cos it's saved me the trouble.    




The two main points I'd have wanted to make are:
1. Why do some incredibly old fashioned people grumble that it's bad when women swear??  If you hate swearing then surely you should equally criticise BOTH men and women swearing. Strange to see people selectively criticise female swearing, yet tolerate men turning the air blue, or even find it funny.

2. Remember that on forums, all women use the F word. There are no exceptions that I know of.

It's a coincidence when someone starts a thread about the very same topic you were going to write about....there could have been something in the news to trigger the thought, but I don't remember reading anything today...it just seemed like a good idea.

Good points, but I don't often see women being singled out for bad language when men are not....I think either people disapprove of swearing or they don't...it's a bit sexist to comment on female only bad language.

I don't think I do use the F word on forums.....I cant ever remember doing so anyway....I prefer to say the P word, and then very sparingly when someone has really pissed me off.

I've certainly seen you say the F word, Syl.  

I know you haven't asked for proof, but I've provided proof anyway, cos the circumstances were very funny indeed, hahaha.

I have already sent you a quick PM with the date, time and even a screengrab, so that you can revisit the thread yourself, if you wish, to refresh your memory.

You will giggle when you see the proof - you were having a tit for tat slanging match with a ***strange*** woman.

To be fair to you, it's the only time that I've seen you say the F word.



Fun times.  

I admit it....You have reminded me and it appears I did say it once, tongue in cheek but I said it never the less.
It was over three years ago though.....so I'm not surprised I forgot.

Jules wrote:

Syl wrote:

It's a coincidence when someone starts a thread about the very same topic you were going to write about....there could have been something in the news to trigger the thought, but I don't remember reading anything today...it just seemed like a good idea.

Good points, but I don't often see women being singled out for bad language when men are not....I think either people disapprove of swearing or they don't...it's a bit sexist to comment on female only bad language.

I don't think I do use the F word on forums.....I cant ever remember doing so anyway....I prefer to say the P word, and then very sparingly when someone has really pissed me off.

I've certainly seen you say the F word, Syl.  

I know you haven't asked for proof, but I've provided proof anyway, cos the circumstances were very funny indeed, hahaha.

I have already sent you a quick PM with the date, time and even a screengrab, so that you can revisit the thread yourself, if you wish, to refresh your memory.

You will giggle when you see the proof - you were having a tit for tat slanging match with a ***strange*** woman.

To be fair to you, it's the only time that I've seen you say the F word.



Fun times.  

STALKING someone else now. Going back on posts somewhere else, how sad..

I NEVER F on forums, you do.

Syl wrote:

Ziz wrote:I do swear on occasions, yes...  

...but mostly for emphasis and dependent on company.

No, I don't think it is any more or less common than in ye olde days.

Crikey!

In my experience swearing is definitely more common nowadays, I think films and TV are probably to blame for that.
Surely you remember the days when the F word was not allowed on TV.....I think the first time I heard it in a film was when Barbara Streisand said it in a film where she played a hooker...that was probably in the 70's..

the first time I heard the F word on TV would be around '73-'75 ish whilst still at college

in the original monty python parrot sketch

it is dead, deceased, defunct ...it is no longer with us....in fact its fucking snuffed it......or some such

Syl wrote:

I have one particular friend where we both swear a lot....always in fun though.
.

I also have such a friend and I spent most of last saturday having coffee and cake, and listening to Ari Up songs with her ... and swearing a lotwhen we felt like it. .

Ari Up was a German girl from a very wealthy family, she was lead singer of The Slits, was briefly married to John Lyndon/Johnny Rotten of sex pistols.

She had dreadlocked hair down to her fooking knees.

Poor lass, died of cancer last year. She'd had a happy life though

The first time I noticed repeated swearing on TV was in the soap Brookside. They said 'bastard' quite a lot....when my young son said it once I decided to not watch it again when he was around.

Syl wrote:I admit it....You have reminded me and it appears I  did say it once, tongue in cheek but I said it never the less.
It was over three years ago though.....so I'm not surprised I forgot.    

I only reminded you to make you laugh.
The row you were having with the woman was funny.
I remembered it cos we all had a laugh about it afterwards.
In was most definitely on your side.

Major wrote:

Jules wrote:


I've certainly seen you say the F word, Syl.  

I know you haven't asked for proof, but I've provided proof anyway, cos the circumstances were very funny indeed, hahaha.

I have already sent you a quick PM with the date, time and even a screengrab, so that you can revisit the thread yourself, if you wish, to refresh your memory.

You will giggle when you see the proof - you were having a tit for tat slanging match with a ***strange*** woman.

To be fair to you, it's the only time that I've seen you say the F word.



Fun times.  

STALKING someone else now. Going back on posts somewhere else, how sad..

I NEVER F on forums, you do.

Fuck off .
FUCK THE FUCK OFF

Jules wrote:

Syl wrote:I admit it....You have reminded me and it appears I  did say it once, tongue in cheek but I said it never the less.
It was over three years ago though.....so I'm not surprised I forgot.    

I only reminded you to make you laugh.
The row you were having with the woman was funny.
I remembered it cos we all had a laugh about it afterwards.
In was most definitely on your side.

No probs....I don't mind being reminded of things I have said 3 years ago....especially when it was funny, and in the context that was said it was.
I do remember lots of stuff from years gone by on forums, sometimes I have a look back at long forgotten threads and have a giggle to myself.
Tell you what though Jules.....some of the stuff we all came out with in those days (I have to say it was usually in retaliation) but it was bloody good stuff.

are you trying to say something jules????

Is there a message in your post there?

Shut up major. Clearly a joke being remembered between two posters, no need to stick your oar in.

Lord Foul wrote:are you trying to say something  jules????

Is there a message in your post there?

Nope !

Syl wrote:

Jules wrote:
I only reminded you to make you laugh.
The row you were having with the woman was funny.
I remembered it cos we all had a laugh about it afterwards.
In was most definitely on your side.

No probs....I don't mind being reminded of things I have said 3 years ago....especially when it was funny, and in the context that was said it was.
I do remember lots of stuff from years gone by on forums, sometimes I have a look back at long forgotten threads and have a giggle to myself.
Tell you what though Jules.....some of the stuff we all came out with in those days (I have to say it was usually in retaliation) but it was bloody good stuff.

YES it was jolly good fun
We all had a laugh.
Great times.

eddie wrote:Shut up major. Clearly a joke being remembered between two posters, no need to stick your oar in.

Exactly
I was just reminiscing about nostalgic old times with Syl, we all had great fun.
I'll go and  play some more Ari Up songs, loved them.