Do you view someone differently if they swear?

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I don’t really mind the odd swear word - I swear myself from time to time, but why do people swear inappropriately as in normal sentences or use the C word? Its not that it offends, It’s just really quite repulsive both spoken or written down, I just switch off and lose any respect I would have had for this person.

Is it a regional thing? People just don’t talk like that in my area

I work in a nursing home you wouldn’t believe the words that come out of the mouths of the sweet looking old ladies , they regularly give the staff a round of “f’s” if they don’t want to do as they are asked . Also my DP is in the building trade every other word is usually fucking this that and the other

Fuck, cunt, piss, shit etc. are not the most offensive words though. I reserve my judgement for those who use words like r*tard (outside the correct medical context), the 'n' word and other racist/disablist/sexist/homophobic slurs.

Those people can fuck right off, the cunts.

Oh, I love a good swear. So fucking satisfying.

Context is everything though, I don’t swear in a professional setting (unless with those I know well on a personal level), in front of children/older relatives/other times where it would be inappropriate. I rarely swear at people unless they’ve really provoked me (van man who tried to push me off the road, this is you).

Those who get all pious about it can bore off.

Nothing I hate more than being told how I can speak - I’m an adult.

👆This, basically. The moment someone tells me not to say something, I'm more inclined to choose those words than ever.

Also, I especially enjoy swear words spoken in particular accents.

@BeetleyCarapace

Nicking from Frankie Boyle on this one but for me, the word ‘fucking’ is just a warning that a noun is on its way.

I used to work with someone that hated swearing. We weren't allowed to swear in front of her. I used to avoid talking to her where possible, this was just the first sign of her oddness.

No. Why would it?

I prefer people who swear and curse

It depends on context. A sweary rant on a stressful day gets no judgement from me. Someone who can't say a sentence without including a fuck definitely gets judged as being not very intelligent.

Is it a regional thing? People just don’t talk like that in my area

Where do you live? Teddybear Land?

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

I prefer people who swear personally.

Same. I swear like a docker when context allows (not in front of clients, strangers, or children, but the rest of the time) and make no apology for it. I'm fairly intelligent, I love language, and I love a good swear. Judge away.

Fuch Off.

@RobertaFirmino

Fuck, cunt, piss, shit etc. are not the most offensive words though. I reserve my judgement for those who use words like r*tard (outside the correct medical context), the 'n' word and other racist/disablist/sexist/homophobic slurs.

Those people can fuck right off, the cunts.

^^ Yes!

I especially enjoy swear words spoken in particular accents

Ooh yes, like a Scottish 'Get tae fuck' or an Essex 'Fackin' cant'.

I used to visit my local village pub, before all the lock downs,and was often confronted by groups of young girls and young men,who's speech was littered with the F word and C word, when they were all speaking together, it seems to be a normal way of talking theses days.

For instance,someone might say, I have just F ing walked in a puddle on the F ing road, and ruined my new F ing trainers. so it's all become a normal speech pattern now.

I prefer sweary people. I find they usually tend to be funnier and more interesting.

No judgement on swearing, but lots of judgement on those who don’t know when its appropriate and when its not, even such as using it against people, children, old people. Or like using it in a professional situation etc

Not in general, unless it’s really excessive, but I do dislike the C word.

Particularly when women who would probably call themselves feminists, use a word that means female genitalia, as a term of abuse.
I will never understand that.

Bollocks! I would lose respect for a person who judges other people simply because they swear. I have my sweary moments, but that doesn't make me a bad person, it's just my way of expressing myself at times. People from all walks of life are capable of dropping the F-Bomb every now and then (Prince Phillip "Take the fucking picture!"). I know some really shitty well spoken people, I know some really lovely people who swear, and vice versa.

Nicking from Frankie Boyle on this one but for me, the word ‘fucking’ is just a warning that a noun is on its way.

love this. There's a Billy Connolly line too which goes something like 'I've never heard a sentence in English which couldn't be improved by inserting the word "fuck" into it'.

I enjoy a good swear. By in large its kept me out of prison or from having a stroke.
But not the C word.

@Cryalot2

I rarely swear nor does anyone I mix with. If someone swears in my company I will pull them up and ask them to not use such foul language for which there is no excuse.

This is honestly the most batshit thing I've read in a while

I look askance at people if they swear in a professional context, although I'd make allowances if they were swearing at the printer or had dropped something on their foot. And also if a nasty customer (or colleague) had made another colleague cry, I wouldn't be surprised if they called them an expletive. Context is everything.

I can't think of a scenario when the c word is ever acceptable though.

Mind you, I've had people raise their eyebrows at me for using crap and knackered, which I think are quite anodyne!

And wasn't there a thread on here not that long ago where a child had used the word idiot and the teacher was claiming that was a swearword? I might be misremembering but it was very mild, anyway.

@ThreeImaginaryBoys

I swear like a trooper and make no apologies for it. It's expressive and a sign of intelligence.

Never in front of kids, obviously.

How is it a sign of intelligence?

Clearly you do ‘make apologies’ for it if you don’t do it in front of kids.

Do you allow your kids to swear?

@GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER

Not in general, unless it’s really excessive, but I do dislike the C word. Particularly when women who would probably call themselves feminists, use a word that means female genitalia, as a term of abuse. I will never understand that.

Exactly, that's why I would say it's never acceptable and needs to die out in the same way as racist words have.