How offensive is the word f**k with people in English?
Is the f-word a bad thing?
- I hear
it in movies, radio and books, even in interviews with actors and some plays.,… 8 and 7 answers is good. In my native language is a word like that very strong and awfully offensive but I think it is not that strong in English since I hear people say it very often.
Are Profanities offensive? Is Pervasive? Oh yeah! When I read some audio files from a year ago I were using the word ‘f@@k’ or “crowd*ing*4*” in many parts of the English language. So here is the transcript.
This is the most versatile word in the
English language.
Does the F-word prove offensive? The answer depends on who you asked.
I don’t use the F-word to be fair and openly honest. Therefore I don’t want the F-word used by someone else, and don’t want to use it myself. Frankly, I think the repeated–and sometimes habitual–use of the word serves only to reveal a lack of common decency, sensitivity, self-control, and a host of other commendable virtues.
A deplorable desensitization has occurred in American culture over the past six-plus decades of my life, particularly in the area of cursing and scatological language. I knew no one meant the F-word to me as I was growing up, but the English equivalent was meant for kids, so that I could have used it as a joke or as a joke. I made the comment. Why did people bring couth when there were no coca seeds back then?
Is it good at times to “push the envelope” of the current status quo in language usage? How is it possible to raise a social conscience? What was once called “separate but equal” in America now called what it really is called racism. What is progress? What happens to words that fall off of potty mouths?
Personally, I enjoy expanding my vocabulary, thereby improving my ability to speak and write with greater understanding, clarity, depth, nuance, and more importantly–wait for it! What if I chose words that elevate, edify, encourage, entertain, and educate? Is it true that they also possess the power to debase, put down, discourage, titillate, and dumb down.?
If I sound a bit gudish then so be it. How will the next US president become more prudish? I feel like one crying in the wilderness. People seem to not hear me. I can’t see the difference. I’m sure there are many more folks out there in Middle America who decry the indiscriminate use of obscenities. I ask my children and teens to speak up and make their voices heard. I encourage them to speak up only in private.
Until a first amendment gets debated in the marketplace of ideas, do you ever know when our precious First Amendment gets discussed? I find all of my ideas irrational and heinous to be harmed. Now I can deal with them. What if someone said “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to say it..if you live in prison, you have no other option.. I wish to be killed”? On
the other hand, to even suggest that the torrent of obscenities so much in evidence today even approaches the same level as the freedom of speech envisioned by the framers of the First Amendment is ludicrous and unworthy of debate. It is part of the darkness that the light must expose for what it truly is: a blot on American culture.
Does the F-word prove offensive? The answer depends on who you asked.
I don’t use the F-word to be fair and openly honest. Therefore I don’t want the F-word used by someone else, and don’t want to use it myself. Frankly, I think the repeated–and sometimes habitual–use of the word serves only to reveal a lack of common decency, sensitivity, self-control, and a host of other commendable virtues.
A deplorable desensitization has occurred in American culture over the past six-plus decades of my life, particularly in the area of cursing and scatological language. I knew no one meant the F-word to me as I was growing up, but the English equivalent was meant for kids, so that I could have used it as a joke or as a joke. I made the comment. Why did people bring couth when there were no coca seeds back then?
Is it good at times to “push the envelope” of the current status quo in language usage? How is it possible to raise a social conscience? What was once called “separate but equal” in America now called what it really is called racism. What is progress? What happens to words that fall off of potty mouths?
Personally, I enjoy expanding my vocabulary, thereby improving my ability to speak and write with greater understanding, clarity, depth, nuance, and more importantly–wait for it! What if I chose words that elevate, edify, encourage, entertain, and educate? Is it true that they also possess the power to debase, put down, discourage, titillate, and dumb down.?
If I sound a bit gudish then so be it. How will the next US president become more prudish? I feel like one crying in the wilderness. People seem to not hear me. I can’t see the difference. I’m sure there are many more folks out there in Middle America who decry the indiscriminate use of obscenities. I ask my children and teens to speak up and make their voices heard. I encourage them to speak up only in private.
Until a first amendment gets debated in the marketplace of ideas, do you ever know when our precious First Amendment gets discussed? I find all of my ideas irrational and heinous to be harmed. Now I can deal with them. What if someone said “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to say it..if you live in prison, you have no other option.. I wish to be killed”? On
the other hand, to even suggest that the torrent of obscenities so much in evidence today even approaches the same level as the freedom of speech envisioned by the framers of the First Amendment is ludicrous and unworthy of debate. It is part of the darkness that the light must expose for what it truly is: a blot on American culture.
Why are Politicians being
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criticized for saying it in public are offensive enough?
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Why TV is censored so long?
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If it is an R it means your movie will be required for age checks and the rating will be PG-13. If it is an R it will probably be required for age checks.
It’s a common-used word, enough such that it won’t cause riots, offend most people on the street and won’t even cause most children to blink an eye.
“Restaurants ” are common words but not good for public use. Are they appropriate to wear it in a competitive company or in an interview? Is it unprofessional in most workplaces but there are many in which it is not really that worrisome.
What’s an impolite word that’s totally not offensive to some people? Do you think it does not have long-lasting implications in general?
Nevertheless, my advice is to avoid the use of the word unless you’re with someone that you are familiar
with.
Are Profanities offensive? Is Pervasive? Oh yeah! When I read some audio files from a year ago I were using the word ‘f@@k’ or “crowd*ing*4*” in many parts of the English language. So here is the transcript.
This is the most versatile word in the
English language.
Why are Politicians being
-
criticized for saying it in public are offensive enough?
-
Why TV is censored so long?
-
If it is an R it means your movie will be required for age checks and the rating will be PG-13. If it is an R it will probably be required for age checks.
It’s a common-used word, enough such that it won’t cause riots, offend most people on the street and won’t even cause most children to blink an eye.
“Restaurants ” are common words but not good for public use. Are they appropriate to wear it in a competitive company or in an interview? Is it unprofessional in most workplaces but there are many in which it is not really that worrisome.
What’s an impolite word that’s totally not offensive to some people? Do you think it does not have long-lasting implications in general?
Nevertheless, my advice is to avoid the use of the word unless you’re with someone that you are familiar
with.
Why are Politicians being
-
criticized for saying it in public are offensive enough?
-
Why TV is censored so long?
-
If it is an R it means your movie will be required for age checks and the rating will be PG-13. If it is an R it will probably be required for age checks.
It’s a common-used word, enough such that it won’t cause riots, offend most people on the street and won’t even cause most children to blink an eye.
“Restaurants ” are common words but not good for public use. Are they appropriate to wear it in a competitive company or in an interview? Is it unprofessional in most workplaces but there are many in which it is not really that worrisome.
What’s an impolite word that’s totally not offensive to some people? Do you think it does not have long-lasting implications in general?
Nevertheless, my advice is to avoid the use of the word unless you’re with someone that you are familiar
with.
Does the F-word prove offensive? The answer depends on who you asked.
I don’t use the F-word to be fair and openly honest. Therefore I don’t want the F-word used by someone else, and don’t want to use it myself. Frankly, I think the repeated–and sometimes habitual–use of the word serves only to reveal a lack of common decency, sensitivity, self-control, and a host of other commendable virtues.
A deplorable desensitization has occurred in American culture over the past six-plus decades of my life, particularly in the area of cursing and scatological language. I knew no one meant the F-word to me as I was growing up, but the English equivalent was meant for kids, so that I could have used it as a joke or as a joke. I made the comment. Why did people bring couth when there were no coca seeds back then?
Is it good at times to “push the envelope” of the current status quo in language usage? How is it possible to raise a social conscience? What was once called “separate but equal” in America now called what it really is called racism. What is progress? What happens to words that fall off of potty mouths?
Personally, I enjoy expanding my vocabulary, thereby improving my ability to speak and write with greater understanding, clarity, depth, nuance, and more importantly–wait for it! What if I chose words that elevate, edify, encourage, entertain, and educate? Is it true that they also possess the power to debase, put down, discourage, titillate, and dumb down.?
If I sound a bit gudish then so be it. How will the next US president become more prudish? I feel like one crying in the wilderness. People seem to not hear me. I can’t see the difference. I’m sure there are many more folks out there in Middle America who decry the indiscriminate use of obscenities. I ask my children and teens to speak up and make their voices heard. I encourage them to speak up only in private.
Until a first amendment gets debated in the marketplace of ideas, do you ever know when our precious First Amendment gets discussed? I find all of my ideas irrational and heinous to be harmed. Now I can deal with them. What if someone said “I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to say it..if you live in prison, you have no other option.. I wish to be killed”? On
the other hand, to even suggest that the torrent of obscenities so much in evidence today even approaches the same level as the freedom of speech envisioned by the framers of the First Amendment is ludicrous and unworthy of debate. It is part of the darkness that the light must expose for what it truly is: a blot on American culture.
Why are Politicians being
-
criticized for saying it in public are offensive enough?
-
Why TV is censored so long?
-
If it is an R it means your movie will be required for age checks and the rating will be PG-13. If it is an R it will probably be required for age checks.
It’s a common-used word, enough such that it won’t cause riots, offend most people on the street and won’t even cause most children to blink an eye.
“Restaurants ” are common words but not good for public use. Are they appropriate to wear it in a competitive company or in an interview? Is it unprofessional in most workplaces but there are many in which it is not really that worrisome.
What’s an impolite word that’s totally not offensive to some people? Do you think it does not have long-lasting implications in general?
Nevertheless, my advice is to avoid the use of the word unless you’re with someone that you are familiar
with.
Are Profanities offensive? Is Pervasive? Oh yeah! When I read some audio files from a year ago I were using the word ‘f@@k’ or “crowd*ing*4*” in many parts of the English language. So here is the transcript.
This is the most versatile word in the
English language.