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The overuse of profanity. |
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Sunday, 15 April 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2 All too often I see people using swear words for the sheer sake of it; and while in itself there is no great problem with this, it does seem to destroy the purposes of these so-called "curse" words. As language has developed; it has become common for insults to develop (from the classical "scoundrel" right through to the current popular swear words) however, once used enough, these words lose their impact! Scoundrel was used so frequently in the past, that now it has become socially acceptable; and as a result, has been consigned to the trash. Usually people use profanity as a means to take their frustrations (due to an inability to communicate sufficiently enough) out on people who are more capable than themselves; however, some people use profanity as a habitual thing, established in their youth and kept to adulthood. My problem with this frequential use of profanity is not in the words themselves (Hell, I'd be a hypocrite If i claimed that!) but rather that continual use of the words softens their impact on conversation. For this reason alone i rarely use swear words unless they add something to conversation; and will maintain this philosophy until my dying day. Love You All
Kurtis Thorne
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