Wednesday, June 01, 2011

diminuation of respect

what the fuck is a slut? what is a "ho". What the fuck does "fuck" mean????

[addendum: There is, apparently, some sort of discussion going on about about the use of swear ugly words .. and this article by Helen Razer is rather amusing. Far be it from me to suggest that have never - nor now don't - use such  angry words. There were quite a lot of them in use recently .. but mostly addressed towards computers and Microsoft. Fortunately (unless computers have ears) no humans were harmed].

12 comments:

John L said...

Whatever you want it to mean I reckon.

Vest said...

An obscene adjective.

Davoh said...

yep, obscene, ugly, mostly un-necessary in 'civil' discourse and/or communication - and that's the point.

Davoh said...

"potty-mouth" words are on the increase. Sheesh, and here's me under the deluded impression that people and civilisations actually "grow up".

Davoh said...

.. and, oddly enough, am listening to Radio national at the moment - subject "Cultural anthropology".

Um, if i could wind my life back about 40 years, might have been interested in that; as a university subject.

Davoh said...

.. and yep, Vestie. The word "" feeds back int the 'military'.

Why should a person 'salute' anyone for whom one has no 'respect'?

Always bearing in mind that the hand 'salute to cap' in military 'courtesy', began somewhere back when blokes rode horses.

recognise the approaching 'armour/flag/pennant', raise the visor. Yep, 'tis me. Oh, OK, armour/flag/pennant hidden ..

Keep sword hand clear and horse dancing.

Vest said...

The odd bit of swearing is understandable. However, when bad language is used as an all purpose adjective, it just shows up a shocking lack of vocabulary and, frankly, a lack of imagination laziness and probably, dare I say, a rather low IQ.

You are a bad boy saying Fuck , I use the Thatcherism 'Bonk'.

Davoh said...

mm, if we are referring to the human conjugation - prefer the ancient word .. swive .. heh

Davoh said...

.. and yes .. there is a 'vocab' history of ye olde word "fuck". mostly originating from (now defunct) Saxony ..

Davoh said...

(oops, 'hopefully defunct').

Davoh said...

.. aand yep, moving on a bit - trust in [deity of choice] but keep the powder dry ..

Davoh said...

.. and, strangely, no-one, not one of the readers, yet, has picked the 'mis- spelling' in title of this post (or told me about it). Ah, well, we live and learn.