Fucking Hell!

[Steve James]

Like I said, rape and murder are vile, despicable, immoral etc. Even accusing someone wrongly of rape can be vile. But, saying "fuck" or "fucking" is not vile, just vulgar. It's what the "common" people say, --and I even explained where the perception that good old Anglo-Saxon words were vulgar came from. It's true that, to those who considered themselves the elite, that those words were low class. Me, I think they're fine ... but are inappropriate in some contexts. I wouldn't name my food "shit," yet I had a cat named "pussy" and scratched my "dick" all the time. Alls I'm saying is that feces, vagina and penis are not less (or more) vile. They're just a bit more classy.

[mixjourneyman]

new product idea: coitus intereptus automobiles... For when you just got to pull out (of that parking spot).

[yusuf]

this thread makes me think all the participants were trollyed when posting...

[Steve James]

this thread makes me think all the participants were trollyed when posting

Well, the one thing I loved about London pubs was that I could get pissed and then say "I'm gonna take a piss." I just love good 'ol Anglo-Saxon shite --and farts, burps, etc. Ok, I can appreciate when a lady prefers to say "I have the vapors" but ... c'mon, it's just "passing gas", which is still boring and much less ... expressive than "fart." I don't think one can even say "I'm gonna take a piss" in French Ya gotta say something like "ramasser les herbes pousser" or some crap like that --which can be fun, too. Personally, I think a disgusting name for beer would be "Porcelain Goddess."

[Interloper]

Never thought I'd see the day when classy, reserved Steve James started bandying around the playground potty talk!

Anglo-Saxon vs. William the Conquerer's classy Norman-speak pervades every facet of English language, not just the "naughty bits." Lake (lac) vs. pond, beef (boeuf) vs. meat, etc. The French just naturally outclassed the Brits in everything anyway, including cuisine... er... cooking. Even now that they are a fallen empire, France still sticks to its guns, banning Anglo-American words from its official lexicon (although the gentry... er... folks... use them, "babysitter" being one that's popular).

[Steve James]

Ah, well, before I took classes with William Alfred and Derek Pearsall, I was a dockbuilder. M-f and c-s were in every single sentence. Anyway, a guy gots to have lots of codes to get by. They're all equal and equally useful. Besides, scatology is a noble science.

[Interloper]

You're right, Steve. It's just the argot of the particular trade/socio-economic circle one travels in. All dialects and usages are equally valid as long as they are understood as the lingua franca ( )within the circle in which one abides.

[Chris Fleming]