Swearing. Why?

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I'n not averse to the odd 'FFS' or whatever, but it seems to me that the use of the C word is now commonplace on every thread nowadays. And i don't like it one bit.

It never used to be like this. Why the cultural shift? I never hear it spoken out loud so why is it suddenly ok to plaster it all over MN?

Is it suddenly 'en vogue' to sound like a drunken navvy? Words like cunt, snatch, twat etc are just vile. Can't we reign it in a bit?

are drunken naccys not allowed on MN?

I rarely swear in real life and never have online. I don't think that makes me better than anybody else. I certainly don't look down on those that do swear. I do wish, however, that there wasn't as much of it on mumsnet. I have had to quickly close the app/window many times when my daughters come and sit next to me and I'm reading something on here.
I know that the solution is to only use mumsnet when they are in bed or at school, but sometimes I like to sit and read for 5 minutes.

ohh ffffffiddlesticks! look what i've done.

i do of course mean drunken navvys

Just for curiosity sake, MakingAnotherList, how old are your children and do you think they don't swear when you're not around?

Oh yes, also stereotyping navvies as drunken, very offensive indeed.

Really fucking offensive in fact.

Nope....still doesn't feel as good as swearing. Sorry OP

Oooh, we've got a fucking dragon!

Though if dragons did fuck, maybe we'd see more of them. Not so sure that would be a good thing. Good job they appear to be even worse at it than giant pandas.

If your DC are old enough to read chances are they will have come across swearing before. DS1 has just learned the f word as we refer to it and the other week DH said something was fucking ridiculous and DS1 was all daddy said the F word. Then his nanna taught him how to spell it as 'if he can say it he should be able to spell it'

he is 7 and knows you can't go about saying fuck all over the place, but he knows it exists and that his father occasionally uses it!

Orchard is that a herd of 's you have there?

And I can't believe we got so far in this thread without an ODFOD.

I think it's a flock? They have wings and shit don't they?

Zombie believes that dragon shit is highly prized by some folk. It reputedly has magical properties, doesn't it?

Isn't it a step up from rare bat guano in terms of valuble-shit? I believe it is you know

Tee2072 They are 6 and 8. I am positive that they don't swear when I'm not around.

I like swearing. It's one of my favourite things about MN.

You'd probably be surprised, MakingAnotherList.

I actually swear less on here than in rl...as I know it can come across the wrong way when you can't tell if someone's joking etc.

Would much rather be called a cunt than a yoni though tbh...

I suspect my 7yo practices saying fuck when I'm not about what with him now being obsessed with it.

Orchard I don't think dragons can actually fly. Their wings look ornamental to me. I imagine they stomp about the land eating grass like cows

I have heard plenty of "naice" 8 year olds using adult language tbh

and Mumsnet is an adult site, so you cant really complain it isnt appropriate for your children to read.

Calling someone a Yoni

Of course dragons can fly! Have you never read the Hobbit?!?!

Dragons can't fly. I mean honestly!

I know my children.
My teenager does swear when not at home. I've seen her texts and met her friends. My younger girls don't.
I accept that people here swear but I don't let my children see it.

I am at teaching a child how to spell 'fucking'. Love it! If you're going to swear, do it properly; that's the ticket.

My 6 year old said fucking heck the other day.

It can't be from me, I don't say heck...