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"Centuries" ago I used to work in an all male environment, with roughnecks, and the language I used to hear was to say the least very colourful.... Result: I don't blanch easily anymore. And if I nowadays want to make an on the spot profound exclamation, I am not going to come over all sanctimoniously prissy and prude, and primly say "oh sugar!"..... People who know me who start to worry.... So, yes, I have no compunctions about using certain language, and being once again stuck in a male environment, I am once again confronted with that language..... Does it bother me? Nope! BUT...... It sure bothers, and in fact shocks me when these utterances come out of the mouths of children!!! And amongst adults, it depends under what circumstances, and how these utterances are made.... if you get my drift....?? And that is the same here on the forum. Sometimes something is really so enfuriating, and we need to express our deepest feelings..... and I think that a letter (or two) with ****** in between, or a string of *%£"~?£&$^£" also pretty well conveys the message, don't you think...? And, the meanings of words do change..... I was discussing with my friend yesterday how language evolves and changes, and how the original meanings get lost in the mists of time. In Shakespearian days, a little sh*t was a young girl!!! And we all know what it's now.....!!! I do not want to see the F-word out full here either, and that is ditto with some other words, and ***** etc makes up beautifully for 'm ![]() And in case some may wonder what a roughnecks are, they are offshore gas and oil drilling platform workers, be it the supervisor or the lowliest worker..... |