Re: OT: Slang, curses and vulgarities

Chris Bates wrote:

> whereas with vulgar words like "fuck" and "shag", the person you slept
> with is demoted in animacy from being a kind of co-actor in the polite
> terms, to being a passive recipient of your "fucking".
Nah, shagging isn't quite the same as fucking. A shag is more of a
mutual thing than a fuck. You've got a bit of a chance (small, but it's
there) of successfully asking a girl if she fancies a shag (this is
cheeky rather than plain rude), but none if you ask if she fancies a
fuck (which is rude).

Unless you count a slap across the face as success.

K.