Re: OT: Slang, curses and vulgarities

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 04:16:33 -0500, Geoff Horswood
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> >> * Can those of you from England and Ireland confirm that "cunt" is not
> >> offensive at all and used all the time there?
> >
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> Well, I think it's pretty offensive and wouldn't use it myself, but yeah,
> in certain circles it's used more or less all the time.  But then, there
> are people for whom a straight sentence without _any_ expletives, profanity
> or swearing is the occasion for comment.
>
> 'nuffsaid.
>
> G
>
I was pretty surprised my friend mentioned that, because I'm pretty
sure you wouldn't say cunt to the Queen Mother, or the Prime Minister
of Ireland. She may have been thinking in the context of a blue
collar, "down home" environment, but saying it's "not at all
offfensive" is a bit misleadingr.

Another friend confirmed that it's used all the time in Ireland, but
it's not something a man would say to a woman, but something said
between guys (and in that case, that's not very different between guys
here in my part of California).


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