I have to agree with Richard on this one, I have never heard my parents swear they are 90 and 93 my children are 33 and 37 and I haven't heard one of them swear, my wife has never swore in front of me, although she probably does under her breath, the one exception would be me on very rare occasions when under duress, even some my mates on the building sites have commented that they haven't heard me swear the ones that have know I'm mad when I do. After a life in the construction and haulage industries I have been tempted. Steve
My wife’s family are Irish farmers and when that tractor doesn’t start it’s all c@nting this and c@nting that! They are the nicest family you could possibly meet who will do anything for you with not a bad bone amongst them, but the language is on another level. On a recent visit had to pre-warn my dear old mum. Ultimately it’s just words and the way they are used is where the subtlety lies. Ive heard it said it was only the upper class and the working class that would swear like troopers, so for those who haven’t got a chance of being upper class maybe it’s a way of separating from the working class with a new middle class way of thinking? But fuck it what do I know?
Reminds me of a job i did for a very posh, white haired elderly widower, head of the local WI and avid fund raiser and church goer, you know the type. I have done lots of work for her over the last 20 years and she wanted me to replace the guttering around her bungalow,i suggested that after we removed the guttering she should get her painter to paint the fascia boards and then we will come back and fit the new guttering,she thought it was a splendid idea(you get the type). After having the job put back a couple of times because her painter was so busy she asked if i knew of any painters that could do the job, i replied,Mrs Barker i think to move things along a bit quicker we will paint the fascias ourselves, are you sure was her reply , yes no problem i am sure we will do a good job after all if you can piss you can paint, she nearly fell over laughing then replied, farking hell i think i may have wet myself.A swear word in context is not a problem at all.
I do swear more so these last few months What I find irritating is programmes or comics that have to swear constantly I turn them off Your not funny if you have to keep swearing
Went to the bsb at knockhill with my lad last year. One of his observations was that Scottish people swear a lot.
Billy Connolly in his hay day was very funny with his scottish accent and also Dave Allen sitting on that stool with a whiskey to handthey got away with it because it worked
Your last quote says it all really. Ben Elton was about as funny as cancer. You should have double booked you and your Mrs at the dentists. You'd have got more of a laugh there....
I didn't believe my wife swore until I played back the dash-cam footage of her hitting a bollard in the middle of the road with her six week old car
