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You're probably swearing in your mind as you read this post.
Prefer to swear anything in your mind than swear to the public or int he house... 
no cussing club, would you still cussing or not?
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Prefer to swear anything in your mind than swear to the public or int he house... Well, some people take their own religion seriously and don't believe in swear words.
My parents are one of them. Since they don't believe in swear words, I show them respect by not using it. The same goes for the rest of my parent's families. (I do have cousins that swear. I swear with them.)
My parents are the same with alcohol. They are against alcohol. So, I don't drink in front of them.
It's just a matter of respect.
And that also goes along with what I said....
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Very bad advice!!!
No wonder why they look at adult's role. It's parent responsible to educate their children what cuss is about and explain that those word is not nice.
My son swear when he was a little boy... I know he learn those word from outside... I asked him "what is those word"? He replied... I know he don't know those word is bad but learn from outside... I explain him... he understood what those word is about. It about education, not punish him with soap in the mouth.
As Vampy explained ... respect.
Actually... I think I do get it now.
Is it like how some will not write the word "God" but will write something like "G-d" instead, because they feel that writing God's name fully is disrespectful?
Yes, taking the Lord's name in vain is to some as blasphemous or impiously irreverent. Some will use 'gosh' instead.
Right, as I pointed out (much) earlier...
It is still hard for me to grasp it, but I think this gets me pretty close to understanding it...
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About a Cussin'
I remember in the past when I used to hunged around people that are drunk they cussed.
I remember people that got into a fight they cussed.
I remember when I hit my thumb with a hammer I said "Damn". LOL! Oops!
I remember when I complained about people I cussed.
I never cuss when I was in K to 12 grade, even after I graduated, just a damn word when I hit my thumb, by the time I started hangin' around my drunken skunken buddies they cussed so much and I ended up cussin' at home and it was the first time I did it around my maw and sista, their jawed dropped, laughs, they warned me not to cusses when paw come home from work, I said alright that's not a plms.
Then somehow I said a G and a D and My paw heard it and he said what did you say, I said Oops oh I said Gawd Duckin' and my paw said yeah right and he warned me not to use the GD word, that it means "I hate God", which is a very bad word to say it and I didn't realized what it meant, then my paw explained to me that using baddie languagin' is like a garbage comin' a out of your mouth, paw said he's tired of hearin' cussin' words which he hears it everyday from his job and so my paw made a good points.
I hardly cusses anymore, improvin' alittle itty bitty, sometime I forget not to use it and I said a "M a F", Oops my baddie, my maw and sista shooked their head and I was like Oopsss I did it again, LOL!
But I tried! LOL!
Now I remember how I got the words G and a D, blame it on Elvis, cause I used to read Elvis and Me book and boy Elvis said alota GD word and my folks asked me where I hears that GD word, from your drunken buddies I said no I got it from Elvis and they looked at me like well you was a kid when he died, laughin', I said no I got it from Elvis and Me book, that's how I learned that words G and D. Laughin'.
I remember in the past when I used to hunged around people that are drunk they cussed.
I remember people that got into a fight they cussed.
I remember when I hit my thumb with a hammer I said "Damn". LOL! Oops!
I remember when I complained about people I cussed.
I never cuss when I was in K to 12 grade, even after I graduated, just a damn word when I hit my thumb, by the time I started hangin' around my drunken skunken buddies they cussed so much and I ended up cussin' at home and it was the first time I did it around my maw and sista, their jawed dropped, laughs, they warned me not to cusses when paw come home from work, I said alright that's not a plms.
Then somehow I said a G and a D and My paw heard it and he said what did you say, I said Oops oh I said Gawd Duckin' and my paw said yeah right and he warned me not to use the GD word, that it means "I hate God", which is a very bad word to say it and I didn't realized what it meant, then my paw explained to me that using baddie languagin' is like a garbage comin' a out of your mouth, paw said he's tired of hearin' cussin' words which he hears it everyday from his job and so my paw made a good points.
I hardly cusses anymore, improvin' alittle itty bitty, sometime I forget not to use it and I said a "M a F", Oops my baddie, my maw and sista shooked their head and I was like Oopsss I did it again, LOL!
But I tried! LOL!
Now I remember how I got the words G and a D, blame it on Elvis, cause I used to read Elvis and Me book and boy Elvis said alota GD word and my folks asked me where I hears that GD word, from your drunken buddies I said no I got it from Elvis and they looked at me like well you was a kid when he died, laughin', I said no I got it from Elvis and Me book, that's how I learned that words G and D. Laughin'.
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It's not a matter of religion, but a matter of culture or belief.
Some cultures don't take kindly to handshakes... something to do with physical contact. For instance, Japan. It's better to bow than to shake hands. They take bowing more seriously than we do with shaking hands. So, it's better to respect their preferences.
Even though I'm not a religious person, if I'm on religious property (like a church)... then I should respect their wishes and not swear. Same with private property. If that household does not believe in swearing, then I won't swear.
It's understandable that you don't see what the big deal is. A lot of people don't. But a lot can improve when these things are respected, especially in a work environment.
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LOL VamPyroX
I don't usually like to a shaken hands, cuz I get a scare that their hands might not be too clean, laughin', some men shake their than'g and don't wash their hand, especially women wiped their cootie and don't wash their hands, sometimes I've wonders if they itches their crack or down there or pickin' their nose and I get a scare to shake hands, laughin'...I brings me a hand cleaner jest in case they wanna shake mah hand, laughin'.
I don't usually like to a shaken hands, cuz I get a scare that their hands might not be too clean, laughin', some men shake their than'g and don't wash their hand, especially women wiped their cootie and don't wash their hands, sometimes I've wonders if they itches their crack or down there or pickin' their nose and I get a scare to shake hands, laughin'...I brings me a hand cleaner jest in case they wanna shake mah hand, laughin'.
It's not a matter of religion, but a matter of culture or belief.
Some cultures don't take kindly to handshakes... something to do with physical contact. For instance, Japan. It's better to bow than to shake hands. They take bowing more seriously than we do with shaking hands. So, it's better to respect their preferences.
Even though I'm not a religious person, if I'm on religious property (like a church)... then I should respect their wishes and not swear. Same with private property. If that household does not believe in swearing, then I won't swear.
It's understandable that you don't see what the big deal is. A lot of people don't. But a lot can improve when these things are respected, especially in a work environment.
It's not a matter of religion, but a matter of culture or belief.
Some cultures don't take kindly to handshakes... something to do with physical contact. For instance, Japan. It's better to bow than to shake hands. They take bowing more seriously than we do with shaking hands. So, it's better to respect their preferences.
Even though I'm not a religious person, if I'm on religious property (like a church)... then I should respect their wishes and not swear. Same with private property. If that household does not believe in swearing, then I won't swear.
It's understandable that you don't see what the big deal is. A lot of people don't. But a lot can improve when these things are respected, especially in a work environment.
Right, I can see that, and am fine with it.
What I do not understand is the history and 'logic' behind it... how did it come to be that Japanese prefer bows over handshakes?
Kind of like... how a salute comes from knights raising their visor to show their face, and a handshake is a way of showing you mean no harm, which is why it is done with the right hand (sword hand)... if the person's hand is in your hand, you know both that the hand is empty, and that he cannot reach his sword unless he were to let go... so it has become symbolic of friendly encounters.
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Perhaps, this would help explain some things for you.
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:Perhaps, this would help explain some things for you.
Bowing (social - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Interesting read, thank you...
Now is there one for why 'bad words' are bad? I know it is respect and such... but anyway. I am too drained to continue this.
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My grandparents and mom and dad never cursed, but I came out of 11 years in the army with a bad cursing habit in several languages, though none invoking the names of dieties. In teachers' college I was warned how teachers risked dismisal for swearing, so I joined a pay-if-you-curse club and finally quit after losing lots of money.
I didn't substitute words that sound like oaths -- as Jenni said, that's just as bad in some folks' minds. I used an entire substitute vocabulary to say something else. Instead of saying "You're a bastard," I might ask if the guy knew who his father might be. Not very nice, I admit, but more subtle, and often less objectionable.
Another point: Hell, damn, damned, bitch, bastard, and certain other words aren't cursing in the proper context.
I didn't substitute words that sound like oaths -- as Jenni said, that's just as bad in some folks' minds. I used an entire substitute vocabulary to say something else. Instead of saying "You're a bastard," I might ask if the guy knew who his father might be. Not very nice, I admit, but more subtle, and often less objectionable.
Another point: Hell, damn, damned, bitch, bastard, and certain other words aren't cursing in the proper context.
Haha, imagine that... (friendly joke)
I do not think we were as opposed as it first appeared.... if at all.
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I can't really explain why they're bad. All I know is that swear words from all over the world... originated somewhere as a point of insult and degrading others. As they were used, they became known as swear words.
There are some words in other countries that are considered swear words, but aren't really swear words here in the United States.
For instance, it's not appropriate to say "bloody hell" in Europe.
I can't really explain why they're bad. All I know is that swear words from all over the world... originated somewhere as a point of insult and degrading others. As they were used, they became known as swear words.
There are some words in other countries that are considered swear words, but aren't really swear words here in the United States.
For instance, it's not appropriate to say "bloody hell" in Europe.
Yes... just that humans and human society have so may complex and interactive behaviors, that I feel some analysis is necessary.
Like with swearing, and other connotations of words and phrases... perhaps it has to do with individual identity? Self labeling...
From what I have read, and heard, it seems like people self categorize... based on their views and experiences. Why? I am not really sure at the moment... but I would like to find out (and would come up with a hypothesis if my head were not about to implode...)
But it seems like people who swear, tend to like other people who do... and some who swear excessively, actually like the fact that they do, or are even proud of it... I think it may be a sociological statement, like people who are involved in sub cultures...
Anyway. My brain is falling out.
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Ha ha ha, my brain is falling out, too.
One word I remember morphing from Old English is "schijten," not a curse word, but meaning excrement. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Middle English) it was "shitten," but still not cursing. Now the shortened version is a curse, but its past tense, "shat," is not considered all that bad.
Go figure.
One word I remember morphing from Old English is "schijten," not a curse word, but meaning excrement. In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Middle English) it was "shitten," but still not cursing. Now the shortened version is a curse, but its past tense, "shat," is not considered all that bad.
Go figure.