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Does swearing offend you?

Do you get offended when people swear in front of you?

  • No way, I swear like a truck driver.

    Votes: 221 83.1%

  • Yes, I hate it when people swear in my presence.

    Votes: 45 16.9%
  • Total voters
    266
i don't mind swearing at all, but i can easily see how are others may be offended... that being said i don't swear around people and don't give people a hard time for swearing around me
 
I'm not offended by swearing, but I do think that people sound like idiots with a very small vocabulary when they can't come up with any other adjectives to use in describing something.
 
My parents swear like its common language so it did not seem like a big deal to me. Sometimes I have to watch what I say. Alot of my friends are stunned at first when they hear my parents talk to me (or me talking to my parents) and the curse words (specifically the F word) are just flowing like the word And...

People also find it weird that I call my parents by their first names.
 
melrose said:
I draw a line in the sand between mild, moderate and abusive swearing:

Mild is the stuff you wouldn't say in front a child - however I myself (not in the presence of children of course) use such words.

Moderate: The aforementioned s-word. I use this occasionally. It doesn't bother me to hear at all.
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What's milder than the s word but you still wouldn't say it in front of a child?
 
If you want to hear Anglo Saxon being used in its full glory, try this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0bGH8ScxE
Warning... strong language!

Scenario:
Iron Maiden are playing a concert, and the drummer is doing a drum solo. The bassist's bass has broke, so he sends someone to ask the drummer to continue the solo while the bass gets fixed. This messenger puts the drummer off his solo, and gets yelled at afterwards. This is a recording of the argument afterwards where Steve Harris (Bassist) is trying to get Nikko McBrain (drummer) to apologise. Bruce Dickinson (singer) has just walked in with a tape recorder, with the intention of stirring the argument back up and recording it.
 
No, but it does bother me when people curse around children.

The only curse word I use with any amount of regularity (daily) is ****** and that's just because most people are. But I do curse a lot when angry or annoyed.
 
i don't swear, but they ARE only words.

however, if you're swearing while attempting to make a serious point, i have a tendency to lose interest pretty quickly :p
 
I usually don't mind if people swear in front of me. However, if I'm with my kids its a different story. I was at a sporting event with my family one time several years ago, and the guys behind us were dropping f-bombs every few minutes. I turned around and asked them to stop, which they did.
 
I'm definitely not offended by swear words, and people that are (with the exception of around their kids - and only because they're not old enough to know appropriate times and use) annoy the **** outta me. ;)
 
Depends on the situation - I don't like it when people swear around children, and I also don't like when, as many people have already said, that a person's vocabulary seems to be made up primarily of swear words. But I don't mind them in general conversations with friends.
 
For me, it depends on the situation, if it is used lightly/not-seriously, then no it does not, but if every other word out of somebody's mouth is an f-bomb or something, then yes, it does. I swear very lightly, and I cannot think of the last time that I dropped an F-bomb or anything of that level, but other words I commonly use.
 
I'm only offended if the same point can be conveyed with accurate language. Then of course, I use smeg, felgercarb, fark, and frack(frak) all the time because it makes me feel better.

TEG
 
what truly offends me are the jerks who say Sugar Honey Ice Tea instead of ****

Excuse me for having the stones to properly articulate myself when I am angry.
 
Not in moderation. A word here or there doesn't affect me at all.

But I do find people who drop the "F" bomb or some other profanity every third or fourth word tiresome to listen to. It seems so unnecessary in civilized conversation.
 
:eek:

I've a potty mouth.

'S bad. I sort of forget how much I'm swearing and the words slip out when I don't mean to at times (say around youngsters). :eek:
 
I have my limit. If it maybe a word here or there it is fine but when it gets pretty constant it starts getting on my nerves.

I personally try to avoid swearing. To me when people who swear a lot are uneducated. It is just not the language. generally used by educated upper class people.

It has to be used correctly. Not just because it is there. Some people do it just because they can and that is what gets to me.
 
Ditto Aeolius' sentiments several posts ago.

It's just wrong, especially around impressionable rugrats and besides, it just shows a general lack of imagination and intelligence.
 
No, I don't mind unless you're swearing around kids, swearing at someone, swearing excessively, or at inappropriate times.

...But if we're just around the house, for example, go right ahead.
 
It offends me when people swear around small children. I find it extremely vulgar and a little sad when small kids swear, because it reflects a poor upbringing. But adults can swear all they want, I don't care.
 
It does offend me. I do not like aggression in people, and swearing almost always is a sign of aggressiveness. I would rather talk to soft-spoken, rational people than to people who use ugly expressions. I have never seen any benefit to swearing. I think it's a sign of weakness -- it shows someone is full of anger and/or not able to deal with their emotions in other, less offensive ways. I mean, what's the point? I have never sworn in my life, and would not want people who swear among my friends. It is pointless and unelegant.
 
melrose said:
I draw a line in the sand between mild, moderate and abusive swearing:

Mild is the stuff you wouldn't say in front a child - however I myself (not in the presence of children of course) use such words.

Moderate: The aforementioned s-word. I use this occasionally. It doesn't bother me to hear at all.

Abusive: The f-word and other, similarly-regarded words I consider to be useless and never at all necessary and don't use them in my speech or care to hear them. If you use stuff like this, it just shows your diminished IQ, blatant lack of etiquette and no regard for the feelings of others.

m2c..
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abusive - that is so anal retentive. how you talk doesn't determine one's iq. give me a break. as for no regard for the feeling of others, if i see a good looking lady and turn to my brother and say, "holy ****, she fn hot!" - how is that no regard for her feelings? if anything, it's a compliment.

someone else said it best - there are other, important things to worry about in today's society. who gives a sh*t how someone talks?

Instead, maybe if ppl were more focused on treating each other with respect, decency and not trying to rip each other off in an effort to get ahead of the other, the world would be a better f'n place.

i'd take an IQ test with you and compare results anyday just to prove 'the diminishing iq theory.'
:rolleyes:
 
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