Author: Tony Werten
Date: 02:26:59 11/02/00
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On November 01, 2000 at 21:30:12, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 01, 2000 at 18:09:30, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>On November 01, 2000 at 17:54:26, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>>Please correct me if I am wrong, but I doubt that you use those words around >>>groups of children, or around groups of conservative older people. >> >>the s-word is used by children and by older people. its a fill-word here. >>if something happens that is unwished and unpleasant, almost anybody who >>is <=50 uses it. >> >>of course older people say: "verdammt" , or "sch.... eibenkleister". >> >>but the average german here in my area (ruhrgebiet) says it. >> >>> If you do >>>use them around such groups, I would be surprised if this doesn't bother >>>someone. >> >>sorry for using it. i see it was wrong. >> >>>bruce > >It is an interesting issue. This particular word was the strongest word my >father used when I was a kid, and he used it casually, but if I had used it in >front my parents, I would have suffered dire punishment. I use those words and >more serious ones around my kids, but not casually. My seven year-old knows >about all of these words, but he has never used them in front of me. I would >tell him that I don't care if he uses those words as long as he is capable of >not sounding like an idiot. > >These words are all very commonly heard if you go outside and stand on a street >corner. And many of the people who say them will say them in front of my kids, >although not *to* my kids. > >Perhaps there is some cultural difference, and that could explain it. Probabely. In Holland, shit isn't considered a real curse, but more as an expression of "oh well, too bad" Tony > >I think that in this country, some people would be aghast if you used those >words in front of a kid, and some would tolerate their kids using them in >everyday conversation in the house. The attitude regarding that kind of speech >is not completely uniform. > >bruce
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