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I think swearing has its place in writing.

In my stories, I use it as a device sometimes. I don't often swear in real life though.

It can be incredibly vulgar in the wrong context.

I've found that here in the south of England, where I currently live, people swear a lot more than they do in the north, where I come from.

I think that when northerners swear, they mean it.

Any thoughts?

Regards

Skoob.

I have heard the reverse is true in the US.

Anybody care to report on that?

Bloody hell, Skoob.

In the South where I live, we swear all of the time, I swear, we do!

Nobody says "Bastard" like a northerner.

"Bar-stud" as southerners say it, sounds really poncey.

Up north, when we start swearing, we're quite good at it.

Imaginative.

I recall I once broke up a fight between two kids in a back alley on my way home from work. Really going at it they were. As this one kid walked away, he told his combatant:

"Suck my arse!"

I had to laugh. Well. you do don't you.

I haven't got the faintest idea what the hell I'm talking about here.

Sometimes I leave myself wide open to ridicule.

But that's okay by me.

Regards

Skoob.

Damn. I have to go to work.

Writing's more fun.

That's probably why it's hard to get paid.

P.S. - I didn't know there was a difference between regions of the U.S. when it comes to swearing. All I know is that those of us who grew up watching Monty Python cheerfully adopted "bloody hell" as a very satisfying expression. By drawing it out in our most sprawling American accent, we almost make it our own.

It's the American thing to do, after all.



I love emoticons. They almost count as swearing, sometimes.

I have no idea what I'm saying. I have to go to work, where that's considered an asset.

I remember (does anyone else) ..

I started from nowhere a 'Derek & Clive' sequence right here on the Forum..

It really shocked some of you...

Many didn't have a clue what I was up to..

Some thought it was a rant...

Others said I'd flipped ....

How can someone flip when he's fucking mad in the first place?

Fucking cunts...

BTW...

Anyone who doesn't fuckin know wot I'm talkin' about ..

fucking Google Derek and Clive and find out..

Cunts...

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Some thought it was a rant...

Others said I'd flipped ....

How can someone flip when he's fucking mad in the first place?

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You could flip-flop.

I swear to God and fucking Jesus

You can't have a swearing thread, Skoob, without Jesus Budda being here.

I agree with what you said.
And what you didn't say is also intriguing.

I'll leave this one blank.

"Now, Pinter uses these words...He punctuates his dialogue, and when he uses the word 'arsehole', it means something..."

"Exactly"

"And prick"

"Yes"

"And cunt"

"Yes"

"Take on this sort of metaphysical punctuation"

"They become almost sounds"

"Which I find absolutely delightful. Especially Gielgud and Richardson, who are so absolutely terrific"

"Yes, I mean arsehole in Richardson's mouth, it comes out as...

"Pure gold"

"...I mean, prick in the hands of Pinter is, as you say, a punctuation point"

"...whereas a prick or a cunt in the hands of Cook and Moore, it's just a gratuitous prick or cunt"

"...What could be more stupid than going round the whole time and saying fuck and cunt and prick and areshole, tit and bum and shit? It's stupid. I mean, I'm not going to go 'fucking hell, shit, tit, bum, areshole,' because I don't need to"

EQ, I'm shocked, I'm flabbergasted at your input, for the next Spoof Bard to be, you sound like Rooney, tut, tut!

(I think swearing has its place in writing... Any thoughts: SKOOB .. June 2010)

Just look at that fuckin Jesus Buddha..

Fuckin smokin' like a chimney at his fuckin' age..

Fuckin' cunt..

Can't even spell his own fuckin' name..

Buddha's got a fuckin H in it ....

cunt..

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EQ, I'm shocked, I'm flabbergasted at your input, for the next Spoof Bard to be, you sound like Rooney, tut, tut!

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None of them my words, JO!

A wise Canadian sage once said you Americans, Brits and us Canadians don't use the words Bullshit and Asshole enough, especially relative to politicians.

For example; You Asshole that's the biggest load of Bullshit I ever heard!

Philbert,

I get E-mails all the time like that from people who read my spoof stories.

Regards

Skoob.

Dont make me f*@kin laugh! We f~*kin Londoners invented fu*kin swearin! We stole it off those w*@kers the Romans.
I mean, what would you say if someone stuck f"£kin spears up your a%se!

I think swearing adds to the context of a story or to pronounce a certain dramatic situation. I am not offended by authors using profanity.

Nice thread.

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Quote: Colonel Juan

(I think swearing has its place in writing... Any thoughts: SKOOB .. June 2010)

Just look at that fuckin Jesus Buddha..

Fuckin smokin' like a chimney at his fuckin' age..

Fuckin' cunt..

Can't even spell his own fuckin' name..

Buddha's got a fuckin H in it ....

cunt..

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He's right, ya know....


But Skoob is right about the 'swearing for effect people' Vs swearing because-you-cannot-say-a-fucking-sentence-without-fucking-cursing type individuals.

I only curse when I get worked up and angry but I know plenty who swear all the time yet never seem to actually get angry or upset about anything.
Maybe there a lesson there?
Or maybe fucking not.

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Quote: Jaggedone

EQ, I'm shocked, I'm flabbergasted at your input, for the next Spoof Bard to be, you sound like Rooney, tut, tut!

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None of them my words, JO!

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OK, EQ, I've just come up from the gutter

Only people what are common swear all the time. They are uneducated. They lack vocubulary. And such like. Swearing is a substitute for pig ignorance.

Posh people know when and where to swear. That's what makes them posh.

Which is also what makes it all so fuckin' complicated.

Take Skoob.. I've met him. Lovely bloke..

Thing about Skoobie is ...

Can't help it... But he's a posh cunt. So he don't swear.

Then take me. Dragged up. Can't stitch two fuckin' words together.

Does that make me a cunt? I ask you.

OK. Put it this way: Was Alf Doolittle a cunt?

Anyone wanna work that one out....?

Over to you Buddha!

I'm as common as muck. Can't help you out. Fuck off.

cunt

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cunt

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tutt, tutt, tutt, CJ, how could you insult our one and only JB, the master of paedo disguises and smoking nappies, whatever next.

Just had a re-read of this thread after the football tonight. Read it all. Out loud.

That's better.