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Re: Language slipping?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 18 Dec 1999 06:49:28 GMT
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Christopher Lannan wrote in message ...
> This all "eye of the beholder" stuff. For example, the English curse word • for
> excrement, that starts with an "S" would be commonly considered to be
> profanity, but what about in other languages?
Of course just to be troublesome, the S word is actually a perfectly valid
English word. As a verb, it is conjugated similarly to "sit". The only
reason it is vulgar is that a rather uppity Frenchman invited himself into
the English court, and decreed French the language of the state. During this
time, certain English words became passe, and many French words entered the
common language.
Of course I also agree that offensive language should be avoided on Lugnet.
In my mind that includes more than just the set of words you can't say on
the radio.
Frank
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| (...) Most of the words in English that refer to "basic" things or actions have a French counter part; the English words are generally considered the baser, informal, or perhaps "lower-class" of the two, while the the French words for the same thing (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) In Sweden, people (well, teenagers actually) use it (or used it) together with "Oh" when things were cool, or went wrong, if a car didn´t stop and hit a wall or something. --Tobias (25 years ago, 24-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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