I Think She's Got A *&^%ing Point!

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-48867640

[tamborine]

stallion is named C***, mare is ***r & black dog is n***a, terrier is schweinhund & cat is bodolah (malay for mad).

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - // AH, if you didn't swear in normal life, why swear to fit in with other people? Would they have noticed if you hadn't - and more to the point why would you care? //

I'm not sure what you mean by 'normal life' - I worked in an office, I was not acting a part!

I don't adjust my language, or my attitudes, to fit in with other people, I simply speak in the way that makes me feel comfortable in the environment I am in.

For example, here in Montreal where I am now, I will often say Bonjour or Salut to people, because that is how they greet each other, and I am simply fitting in, but I must stress again, I am not doing it consciously because I worry what people will think of me, I am far too self-assured for that!

[vetuste_ennemi]

Ouais, une chatte.

[Jackdaw33]

yes, a pussy?

Is this Canadian dialect which I do not understand?

[Cloverjo]

I don’t usually swear. It only comes out when I’m very upset or angry.
People who don’t know me very well are usually shocked when I do. Someone at work said it’s like hearing the Queen swear. That made me laugh.

[vetuste_ennemi]

//yes, a pussy?//

"taboo sl" (using Chambers conventions) I thought.

[youngmafbog]

"bad language" is often over used by people who have poor literacy skills, easier to use F**** as an adjective than think of a word you dont know.

Having said that I too am prone to the odd profanity in the right environment. I agree entirely with AH, except for the bit about his trouble, mine is a Londoner and swears like a trooper especially after a skinful (as well as using language TTT would understand!)

[naomi24]

AH, //I simply speak in the way that makes me feel comfortable in the environment I am in///

It follows then that if you didn’t conform by portraying yourself as ‘one of the lads’ you felt uncomfortable.

//here in Montreal where I am now, I will often say Bonjour or Salut to people, because that is how they greet each other, and I am simply fitting in//

Speaking to foreigners in their native tongue is, I think, polite, but you don’t do it for that reason and you’ve illustrated the point I was making precisely. You make an effort to ‘fit in’ which, to me, doesn’t indicate confidence. Quite the reverse.

//I'm not sure what you mean by 'normal life' - I worked in an office, I was not acting a part!//

By behaving in a manner alien to you in your life outside the workplace, you were ‘acting a part’.

[anotheoldgit]

The Liberals don't swear by mouth, they have it written on their T-Shirts.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - It follows then that if you didn’t conform by portraying yourself as ‘one of the lads’ you felt uncomfortable.

It doesn;t follow at all, but itès far too hot here to picak apart your shaky amateur psychology, so I will just pass on the argument, thank you.

You can think what you think, I can know what I know, and neither of us need care too much

[naomi24]

:o)