To think that it is unnecessary to swear?

[Hullygully]

It just shows a poor vocabulary

Ahem
Shouldn't that be "standard practice"

I manage to combine pedantry, a large vocab and the ability to swear like a trooper - renaissance woman moi!

Mum2aLoon 'sledding'

Theres nothing wrong with a strong 'flipping heck' ,no need for swearing

A well placed swear work can be v cathartic IMO.
I used to enjoy swearing then DCs came along and I had to restrain myself.

Then I found MN and I have seen the light: certain words need to be reclaimed

oh do f**k off Hully, there's a love - are you bored tonight or summat?

(see, how nice am I to accede to your rather hunsy request!)

Swearing doesnt bother me, the odd word slips out of my mouth.
I try not to swear in front of the kids, nothing worse than hearing a child copying you

And certain words are a BIG no-no- the main one being the C* word- I absolutely loathe it!

A 'flipping heck' just does not cut it when I have stepped on some Lego in the middle of the night, it just does NOT.

So predictable...now some posters are going to come on here and swear (snigger snigger), how utterly funny, not

I don't think I ever swore until I was around 20 or so. I just wasn't brought up to think it was ok and, for some reason, that stopped me picking it up at school.

But now I'm terrible. I swear a LOT. I'd never swear AT someone, it's more conversational swearing (ie, I'd say I was fucked but I'd never tell a person to fuck off if that makes sense). I'm a teacher so obviously I don't swear at school but my own children hear me swear on occasion. I just tell them that they're silly adult words and they can choose to use them or not when they're 16 but I won't tolerate it from then until then. A classic clase of 'do as I say not do as I do' I'm afraid!

It's not big or clever, Swearing Posters.

Are you going to change your name to Hunsygully then?

JoniRules you are a grumpy cunt sausage tonight

I like using the word 'fuck' now and then. What else is there to say?

but no, manicinsomniac - you didn't use them before you were 16, so you aren't being hypocritical at all! Really. Well, I don't think so anyway.

Joni, can you recommend some edifying ways to have fun, please? We could all benefit.

There are occasions when a stream of invective becomes more forceful by the insertion of a well chosen expletive or so.

Limited or poor vocabulary? Swearwords are part of our vocabulary, most have been evolving for centuries. I'm sure the whole 'history of the word cunt and its uses' thing has been done here many times before so I won't bore those who're already aware though I'd encourage anyone who isn't acquainted with it to do a Google search. It's interesting.

They're all just words. Is there really any logic for cunt being less acceptable than vagina? Why should we get het up about fucking inflation but not flipping inflation? Are the Yiddish ones which I know any less offensive to those who don't have an understanding of Yiddish? If so, why - or why not?

Thats me fucked!

I thought Mum2aloon was Boffy!

Who are you please? Unveil yourself! (or pm me ).

This whole 'I am extraaaymely offended by your language' attitude is all abit Hyacnth Bucket, isn't it?

aaaw, thanks thumbwitch :) That's quite reassuring.

Poor misunderstood Hully . It's a long way down from being quoted in the Press.

Those heady days of the thingy show...

Is jizz a swearword?

Hully is this your way of sorting the huns wheat from the chaff?
(Or should that be 'chuff'?)

Gadzooks! One generations worse and wickedest curses is anothers mild expletives. Depends what you find offensive I guess.