Swearing on Mumsnet

[Thalia]

I am really disgusted at the amount of swearing on a lot of threads. This is a website about being MOTHERS, the highest calling you can have in life. Please clean up your language and find a better way to express yourself.

[hatwoman]

dh, did of course say "that's not nice"

[BandofMothers]

BUMP

[whoopsfallenoveragain]

Haven't read the whole thread but my kids don't read mn so I'll swear in here if I want to

[munz]

not read the whole thread but can people not use the c word? - I absolutly detest it in all forms my DH is not allowed to say it in the house.

[munz]

(don't care about teh rest cos I swear as well) that word's just horrid.

[whoopsfallenoveragain]

Munz I agree with you I don't like that one either

[Tamdin]

i'm allowed to swear..i'm irish it's in our blood

and BOM LOL should have known it'd be you to bump this

[BandofMothers]

Only did to make Lulu laugh.
Plus thought it'd be amusing

[Tamdin]

where's gibbon when you need her

[BandofMothers]

that is just what i thought this morning tam.

bet she'd have some choice words to add.

[Lullabyloo]

this is so a thread for Gibbon

[anniebear]

Ok I shall be brave!! ....

I sort of agree with OP!

It is a little bit much on some threads

Yes Of couse mothers swear also, but it does seem a little OT on here

do you all realy talk as you type ?

so your everyday sentences when talking to friends and family have f*k and c*t in them?

I have quite a few friends from various backgrounds and think have heard one say f**k a couple of times, otherwise no one does in general conversation!

Not being argumentative!!! Just interested

[beckybrastraps]

I yelled "bugger earlier on,and ds (5) came up to me and said "Mummy, why did you say bother?'

ANd PMSL "at the highest calling you can have in life"

[Nightynight]

ahem, I do actually swear quite a lot in real life, and dont find most swear words offensive. The two words I do find most offensive on here are cunt and anal (as in "Im anal about this" which I always read as "I have my head firmly up my arse")

[Carmenere]

Like Tamdin I am Irish and it is much more acceptable over there to swear in everyday vernacular.
I had a funny experience when I first came to London. I was working in a restaurant/deli and A bloke from head office was really irritating me by following me around asking q's. So I went into the office where there were a couple of other managers( same as me) and exlaimed 'oh I wish he would just fuck off and leave me alone' cue silence. It then occured to me that swearing wasn't viewed in the same way in the UK That would have been a totally ok thing to say in Ireland. I have curtailed my language since then but slip every so often.

[BandofMothers]

Must confess I hate the c word, and don't say fuck much, but sometimes. Depends who I'm talking to and about what.
Try not to swear at all in front of dd's. DD1 did say Bloody hair the other day when her hair was getting in her face