To ask people to stop swearing so much

[user1497264327]

Frankly, the language of some of the posters on this site is disgusting and I wonder if they talk like this in front of their children. I also wonder if their parents would be proud of how they post on the internet. Swearing every time isn't big and it isn't clever. It makes people come across as uneducated chavs.

AIBU to ask people to clean up their act and stop swearing?

Apparently, people who swear are supposed to be more intelligent than others... and have a higher vocabulary, quite the opposite of the uneducated fucking chavs... Lol!

WTF do you think of that then? ;-)

I used to say 'twat' a lot at work before I was told I swore loads and before I actually knew what it meant. And I've only recently found out what 'berk' actually means - think: Cockney rhyming slang i.e. Berkley Hunt = well, you get it...

I use the word berk quite a lot too. And that was before I knew what it meant...

I actually didn't say twat to clients, before you say anything - just my friends who I sat with. And of course never my boss.

Criticism of the stereotype

A BBC TV documentary suggested that chav culture is an evolution of previous working-class youth subcultures associated with particular commercial clothing styles, such as mods, skinheads, and casuals.[22]

In a February 2005 article in The Times, Julie Burchill argued that use of the word is a form of "social racism", and that such "sneering" reveals more about the shortcomings of the "chav-haters" than those of their supposed victims.[23] The writer John Harris argued along similar lines in a 2007 article in The Guardian.[24] The widespread use of the "chav" stereotype has been criticised.[25] Some argue that it amounts to simple snobbery and elitism.[18][26] Critics of the term have argued that its users are "neo-snobs",[27] and that its increasing popularity raises questions about how British society deals with social mobility and class.[28]

The Fabian Society considers the term to be offensive and regards it as "sneering and patronising" to a largely voiceless group. On describing those who use the word, the society stated that "we all know their old serviette/napkin, lounge/living room, settee/sofa tricks. But this is something new. This is middle class hatred of the white working class, pure and simple."[2] The Fabian Society have been highly critical of the BBC in using the term in broadcasts.[2][28] Use of the term 'chav' was reported in The Guardian in 2011 as "class abuse by people asserting superiority".[29]

Oh Mamabear - and I TOLD you not to!
Bet you'd push the big red button saying DO NOT TOUCH as well, eh?

I'd be interested to see the evidence for the apparent correlation between Labour voters and swearing.

I probably would! Or I would really want to anyway! It certainly opened my eyes, and then made me shut them quick

YellowBucket That song is ridiculously catchy! I'll be singing it all day now!

"Fuck you,
You're a fucking wanker,
We're going to kick you
Right in the balls!"

Oh do Fuck off dearie.

why don't you just ignore the posts with swearing in them? I do. Just replies to the ones who don't, it's not difficult.

Asking people not to swear is inviting them to come up with the worst possible swear rants they can think about, it's been done so often it's not even funny.

It's an open forum, it's silly to assume that everybody is intelligent or educated. Most of the posts when you want to ask someone if they are stupid or not, well, they are .

Of course some people swear in front of their children, others smoke and drink, it's a free country. Pretending that people who swear are more intelligent and have more vocabulary is pushing it a bit. If you knew how to express yourself, you wouldn't need to replace your argument with a swear word in most instance. Who cares.

It seems that Pannnn has taken over from the OP as the guardian of our morals wrt swearing.

I read this on another thread about this topic and its a perfect answer:
Off you fuck then, cuntychops.

I think you are bu about this.
You have no right to dictate how anyone else should speak. People have the right to speak how they like, including in front of their children.
You may not think its right to swear in front of children, which is of course your prerogative, however it's Boone of your business how anyone else raises their child.
Personally no I do not swear when talking to my little one (he's 21 months), nor will i when he is older. And yes as he gets older I will be mindful about using such language I front of him, as I would not want him to pick up such words at a young age. But yes when talking to my husband or that I will swear and I make no apologies for doing so.

Oooh, there is the monthly "I would enjoy your club if only you changed the rules for me" thread! Find a club that is already playing by your rules or start your own. You do not get to come to a forum with nearly a million users and tell them how to behave.

PS Change your name. It is the custom on MN.

Yabu
Fuck is the best word in the English language.
It's expressive and adaptable. It can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb and so much more!
Swearing is cathartic as well.
Try it OP, you might like it

I taught my nan wankpuffin. It's a good word.
I try not to swear too much at home due to toddler and autistic 10 year old with bat like hearing.
In the car is my sweary place, there are just so many people (see not swearing) that descend on Devon and have never driven a single track road before. If I didn't swear I may do a murder instead.

@user1497264327 - do you realise how rude it is to join an existing group, which, by and large, is happy about the way it functions, for its thousands of members, and try to insist that it changes to suit YOUR likes and dislikes?

So yes, you are being very unreasonable to:

a) Start yet another 'You are all so uncouth, and should stop swearing and be naice like me' thread, without even bothering your arse to see if anyone has asked anything similar before.

And

b) To expect a website that the vast majority of the many, many members are perfectly happy with, to change to suit your delicate sensibilities.

I also wonder if their parents would be proud of how they post on the internet

Yes, they would actually. They first taught me all the swear words I know!

My 7 hear old has also been taught some swear words, and knows when they are appropriate. She seems to have more knowledge about appropriate use of language than you OP!

Have you got any bad/annoying/chavvy habits that we could tell you off about OP?

I LOVE the language on here! I've often thought we should have a thread that amalgamates all the monikers in one place. My personal favorite is cockwomble, closely followed by twunt. They're just so wonderfully descriptive!

British swearing is so fucking refined!

YABVFU.

(usually at the moment started by Labour party supporters by the way which tells you all you need to know.....)
Occasionally I get asked who the hell votes Tory. My reply is: the well off, those that believe in that particular system and those that think it somehow makes them posh. We know exactly where you fall, don't we.

Wow, that song is catchy!

Mamabear, if you asked any of my four children (youngest now twenty) where they learnt to swear, they'd all reply 'back of Mum's car'!

Allegedly, the Pope likes a good swear ;)

OP hasn't fucking come back, has she?