From Cheyenne McCray: total hilarity:
There is no doubt that I would love to do this with at least three rolly chairs I own, pink rabbit optional. Thanks to Randi for the link.
And from Lucinda Betts: the Impotence of Proofreading with Taylor Mali:
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I’m not sure I agree that it’s such a terrible word. I—and plenty of people I know in my corner of England—use it more colloquially. It’s used more often than ‘fuck’ and in different company. My brother exclaims ‘wankers!’ when something’s gone mildly wrong. A friend complains of his wanky accounting colleagues. A pretentious book or film is utter wank. This to me is all normal usage and about as offensive as ‘bollocks’.
Funny thing though: earlier my mum was relating a shouted conversation between two men, telling me that one had yelled, “You f-ing cunt!” to the other. She would say cunt, but not fuck. It’s all personal preference.
Cat, there are regional, generational and social differences in all dialects. In BE, sexual expletives are far more commonly used in most circles today than they were even 25 years ago; in general, they have moved up the formality register, from the most restricted level to a somewhat more open level of colloquialism.
But would you use a word like ‘wanker’, or ‘fucking’, come to that, if you were being interviewed for a job, for example, or if you were speaking to a rather formidable elderly lady? Would you use them casually to a complete stranger, as in, ‘what’s that fucking wanker up there doing – he has jumped the queue, the cunt!’ Perhaps you would. I definitely would not, but then, I am an old lady myself. However, I do sometimes use these expressions (though not usually all at once) when speaking to people I know very well indeed, but I would be offended if a complete stranger spoke to me using that kind of vocabulary.
That really does surprise me, and I submit that it is quite unusual, as it is not simply a case of personal preference. It is ‘personal preference’ (and a matter of register) whether one uses cock or prick or willy or penis, but cunt is still generally regarded as the most strongly verboten sex-word in BE, and most speakers of this form of English would jib at using it in front of anyone other than a true intimate.
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Fuck can be used to convey so much and not be vulgar. It just depends on the company you are in. “What the fuck was that” is in no way sexual, just sounds more expressive than “What was that”.
Some where there is a whole thing on the different forms Fuck can take and be used. I found it hilarious and it’s also when I realized how much I use the fucking thing.
Now, would I use it in the above situations. Probably not. Would I have used it in front of my commander- at times and depending on who was there, since he did too. But usually not since I tried to at least sound like a lady- unless I was on the firing range and that becomes a whole different story.
Part of it comes from hanging and working with men most of my life- and some of them Canadians. Almost all military. Hubby yells at me for my potty mouth. His era women didn’t swear the way many of my generation does. He still hasn’t adjusted. Oh well.
Some how my dad did- he used Asshole for everything- Friendly and not so friendly. Could be amusing at times to hear him.
As for cunt, I just plain despise the sound of the word, it makes my skin crawl. Most likely because where I grew up it was considered the worst thing to be called. And I save it for only very special occassions.
I laughed hysterically at that! My teenage son laughed hysterically at that! My husband managed to chuckle even though Richard Simmons gives him the heebie jeebies!
Look for Wayne Brady doing “songstyles” with Richard Simmons. Also a winner!