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“Either way, its legacy in swearing is too huge to ignore.”
“Swearing is also blasphemous (The term swearing has different meanings, positive and negative) You probably meant to use 'rude.”
“Not of what they said in swearing, which is the most solemn speaking: They have spoken words, and words only, for they meant not as they said; they did verba dare -- give words.”
“Come on, swearing is (and has always been) part of any language.”
Think Progress » Cheney: Telling Leahy to ‘f*ck’ himself was ‘sort of the best thing I ever did.’
“People who today would no longer dream of saying they are having a "senior moment" or suffering from mild Alzheimer's now laugh about and think they're clever when they say they have "vehicular Tourette's" as they swear in the car at other drivers (though in fact swearing is only one possible, and an uncommon one at that, verbal tic that can characterize TS).”
“Tuthill added that the ACLU will continue to bring lawsuits until the practice of issuing citations for swearing is stopped.”
““Unfortunately, many police departments in the commonwealth do not seem to be getting the message that swearing is not a crime,” said Marieke Tuthill of the ACLU of Pennsylvania.”
“How many other blogs can you find where swearing is so ingrained in the replies that if it is not there you think ...”
Question: If you don't know me, could you tell me how you found this blog?
“Are we adults or children? swearing is bad for adults? can we stop being the joke of the rest of the world and stop trying to 'not say bad words' when its ok to show killing in prime time tv machtim akannah”
“Rahm says, quote, "In our house, swearing is a term of affection.”
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Why We Curse: WTF?
This list collects the magnificent collection of vocabulary of the article "What the F***? Why We Curse," by Steven Pinker, in The New Republic (Oct. 2007). I think I'm more impressed with the coll...
curse, language, earthy, ancient, unthinkable, thinkable, emotional, rhyme, meter, alliteration, pleasure, metaphor and 196 more...
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chained_bear "Also the premise behind all of Quentin Tarantino's movies." Sep 1, 2009
reesetee Well, I'll be damned. Jul 30, 2009
chained_bear I KNEW it! "Bad language can be good for you." Seen in Scientific American, here. Suck on THAT!! :) Jul 30, 2009
whichbe "Chris Code...points out that it is possible to neurobiologically to separate swearwords from other words in language. Swearing actually uses parts of the brain that support language and also parts of the brain that are used when laughing and crying. Often people with severe brain damage remain able to swear even when they are unable to produce other language. Perhaps swearing is the remnant of an evolutionary step at which cries were were some mix of automatic and voluntary articulation."
-- Christine Kenneally, The First Word, p116 Jul 16, 2009