Random and inconsistent snippets from an unstructured mind. My truth may not be your truth. A fact is a fact only by standing on it.
It can't fall down, there is nothing holding it up...
Except some sort of capitalist exploitation. The writer is a 3rd generation Indigenous Australian. Not, i might add, Aboriginal - two different concepts.
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Apparently there's a movie out and about by that name.
As an 'elder' got the joke as soon as i saw the title.
Um, Natalie - the 'eff' word may well be 'commonplace', verging on 'banal' - but that does NOT mean that it is accepted by me.
Can, of course, only look at it in the Australian context - but what does it actually MEAN. As far as i can discover it means 'destroyed', 'inoperable', 'no longer valued'.
i.e 'this engine is fucked'.
Which sort of makes me wonder why some males say "I want to fuck her".
Natalie - simply because a word becomes "commonplace" probably means exactly that. A word for the 'commons'. Yep, have lived and worked among the 'commoners' - probably more part of them than the arty farty "academics" (but have worked with them also, Natalie).
Natalie - if words mean power - why do the words 'Commonwealth of Australia' mean so little. (5% of our population hold and control 80% of the wealth of Australia - and not all of those are Australian citizens or, to coin a phrase 'give a fuck'. Perhaps they do .. fuck the Australian economy?
Okay okay, you're taking my comment more seriously than I intended it. Or, more precisely: that I wrote without taking much thought over it. That's the trouble with comments in boxes. They're the verbal equivalent of fast food - generally. But of course there are exceptions.
You're right about the F word and its application to everything including the kitchen sink, eg "fucking kitchen sink!" A conversation between school kids from about 8 years old upwards (in my neighbourhood anyway) consists of the word 'fucking' inserted at random in every sentence. In high society it's the same thing. There was a documentary on tv about some aristocratic estate-owning family; their conversations were littered with exactly the same random sprinkling of the word.
Surely there's enough material for a thesis on the subject, if anybody's looking for thesis material? But how to define the subject? The misuse of language? How habits are formed? Crowd mentality? How the meaning of words is distorted? And so on.
The misuse of language? How habits are formed? Crowd mentality? How the meaning of words is distorted? And so on.
All of the above. Can, as an 8 year old, remember playing with the next farm's 6yrold son. He used the 'eff' word a lot. "D'ya know what that word means?" ask i. "Nup, but Daddy says it a lot", he grins.
Also have a friend from when i lived in NSW. Portland NSW is close to Lithgow NSW. Mining is/was the major industry. He used the 'eff' and 'effing' words about 3 times every sentence.
Was not aware that he was saying it. Well, not until meddling me mentioned it to him. Am pleased to report that after 5 years, his usage of the word reduced to about once every three sentences - i my presence, at least ... heh. (am hoping that that is what friends are for - and we remain friends, even though he really has trouble spelling 'TXT' messages).
The F word has become as commonplace as Hello and banal as "good to meet you ...
o, Natalie - can you seriously imagine a situation in the future where every 'greeting' became "Fuck you": "Fucked to see you". "o, haven't seen you for a while. Fuck you".
Heh heh! There are actually lots of greeting cards among the so-called 'edgy' or'humorous' ones which have more or less exactly those messages! Walk round any greeting card shop here in London and you'll see them. I haven't noticed any customers complaining. as some might have done years ago. It's become normal and as for films or stage plays, there are very few in which the F word isn't bandied about at every opportunity. I must admit it's not one of the things I'm concerned about. Much worse things are happening in the world.
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What the fuck, right?
Tch tch Nataie. And here's me thinking that you are 'nice' lady.
(wry chortle).
What's "nice"? The F word has become as commonplace as Hello and banal as "good to meet you". Is anybody shocked in anymore?
That "in" shouldn't have been there. My typing fingers keep hitting wrong keys.
Um, Natalie - the 'eff' word may well be 'commonplace', verging on 'banal' - but that does NOT mean that it is accepted by me.
Can, of course, only look at it in the Australian context - but what does it actually MEAN. As far as i can discover it means 'destroyed', 'inoperable', 'no longer valued'.
i.e 'this engine is fucked'.
Which sort of makes me wonder why some males say "I want to fuck her".
Yer, i know ... longish story ...
and yes, will switch back to Davo when i discover the 'how'. Sheesh, elderish.
ah, another me, but remains me (does that make sense?)
Natalie - simply because a word becomes "commonplace" probably means exactly that. A word for the 'commons'. Yep, have lived and worked among the 'commoners' - probably more part of them than the arty farty "academics" (but have worked with them also, Natalie).
Natalie - if words mean power - why do the words 'Commonwealth of Australia' mean so little. (5% of our population hold and control 80% of the wealth of Australia - and not all of those are Australian citizens or, to coin a phrase 'give a fuck'. Perhaps they do .. fuck the Australian economy?
Okay okay, you're taking my comment more seriously than I intended it. Or, more precisely: that I wrote without taking much thought over it. That's the trouble with comments in boxes. They're the verbal equivalent of fast food - generally. But of course there are exceptions.
You're right about the F word and its application to everything including the kitchen sink, eg "fucking kitchen sink!" A conversation between school kids from about 8 years old upwards (in my neighbourhood anyway) consists of the word 'fucking' inserted at random in every sentence. In high society it's the same thing. There was a documentary on tv about some aristocratic estate-owning family; their conversations were littered with exactly the same random sprinkling of the word.
Surely there's enough material for a thesis on the subject, if anybody's looking for thesis material? But how to define the subject? The misuse of language? How habits are formed? Crowd mentality? How the meaning of words is distorted? And so on.
The misuse of language? How habits are formed? Crowd mentality? How the meaning of words is distorted? And so on.
All of the above. Can, as an 8 year old, remember playing with the next farm's 6yrold son. He used the 'eff' word a lot.
"D'ya know what that word means?" ask i.
"Nup, but Daddy says it a lot", he grins.
Also have a friend from when i lived in NSW. Portland NSW is close to Lithgow NSW. Mining is/was the major industry. He used the 'eff' and 'effing' words about 3 times every sentence.
Was not aware that he was saying it. Well, not until meddling me mentioned it to him. Am pleased to report that after 5 years, his usage of the word reduced to about once every three sentences - i my presence, at least ... heh. (am hoping that that is what friends are for - and we remain friends, even though he really has trouble spelling 'TXT' messages).
The F word has become as commonplace as Hello and banal as "good to meet you ...
o, Natalie - can you seriously imagine a situation in the future where every 'greeting' became "Fuck you": "Fucked to see you". "o, haven't seen you for a while. Fuck you".
Heh heh! There are actually lots of greeting cards among the so-called 'edgy' or'humorous' ones which have more or less exactly those messages! Walk round any greeting card shop here in London and you'll see them. I haven't noticed any customers complaining. as some might have done years ago. It's become normal and as for films or stage plays, there are very few in which the F word isn't bandied about at every opportunity.
I must admit it's not one of the things I'm concerned about. Much worse things are happening in the world.
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