 | | Re: Swearing! (was something else) —Gene C. Weissinger
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| | | As I have said before - there are many younger people who read these posts. At least - I get emails occasionally from younger poeple who claim to read these posts... The cleaner the better... Eugwe Coral (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Swearing! (was something else) —David Blomberg
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| | | | | A recent Austin Powers movie contained a word in the title that was very offensive to many English speaking people... but not to the vast majority of Americans. I think Americans find that word and the word "bloody" to be quaint, not vulgar. This (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Swearing! (was something else) —Scott P. Costello
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| | | | | | The funny thing about swearing is that it is all "in the eye of the beholder." What I mean by that is that one word may be completely offensive to one person or group has little or no meaning to another. "Bloody" or "shag" are perfect examples, here (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Swearing! (was something else) —Gene C. Weissinger
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| | | | I guess that what I mean by 'clean' is this: If you (whatever country you are from) would openly use the word(s) in question in front of, say, a six year old...go for it. If not, refrain from using it here. There are small ones listening...or rather (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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