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Re: Language slipping?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 18 Dec 1999 02:00:38 GMT
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 23:56:19 GMT, "Christopher Lannan"
<shakguy@hotspammail.com> wrote:
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> I disagree. Using symbols to replace the letters of a "profane" word is not
> the same as spelling it out. If a young person who does not know such words
> reads it, he won't know what it means.
Oh come on.
Please. You know as well as the rest of us that children _do_ know
those words. The more you try to hide it, the earlier they know.
Besides, the words themselves aren't the problem. It's the intent
behind them.
> was ok (did they bleep it in France?) What about "bloody"? I have heard that
> in the UK this is a profane word. What about "shag"? WE have Toys at TRU that
> SAY this word and have it printed on the package (Austin Powers dolls).
Here, have a Bloody Mary. On the house.
> I guess what really bothers me about this subject is that no one is really
> able to tell you what is profane and isn't. They can just say that it was
> profane to them. As a supreme court justice said (paraphrase)- "I can't say
> what obscenity is, I just know it when I see it." It's really a very murky
> issue. Is hell ok? Damn? these are mostly considered today to be "strong" but
> not "profane" words, yet when I was young in the '70s they were "curse words"
> and we got in trouble for using them.
Exactly. Which is why it's silly to ban them in the first place.
> Chris "fu*k" Lannan (the "*" is for "n" ;) )
You do know what "funk" was, before the 70's arrived, don't you? Look
it up..
Jasper
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| (...) It seems you and I agree. Like I said- IF the young person does not know the word, (though most do) then he will not infer the word from a partial spelling. The only people to infer a dirty word will be those who are familiar with it and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) By the way, I just looked it up at websters online, besides the popular music meaning, they also had some stuff about being afraid- like being "in a funk" That was it. Is there another meaning they didn't list. I would imagine it has something (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I disagree. Using symbols to replace the letters of a "profane" word is not the same as spelling it out. If a young person who does not know such words reads it, he won't know what it means. basically, it's only profane because you interpret (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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