Re: OT: Slang, curses and vulgarities

On Sunday 30 January 2005 02:34, kcasada wrote:

 > I've got to disagree. Cursing plays different roles in
 > culture, but I for one avoid it as a matter of principle,
 > and I seem to recall reading about at least one American
 > Indian language that simply doesn't feature it. Krista
 >
 > >===== Original Message From Carsten Becker
 > > <naranoieati@BECKERSCARSTEN.DE
<mailto:naranoieati@...>> Agreed. Cursing is a
 > > part of culture. Most certainly, there's not one single
 > > day where you haven't cursed.

Of course one should avoid heavy swearing. As I already said
to Philipp Newton, I counted 'weak' curses such as German
"Mist" (animals' dirt) as well. Sorry if I overgeneralized
my subjective POV!

And there is really a language where there are no offensive
words? I can't believe that there are no words that are at
least slightly offensive. Offending somebody with words is
maybe even more effective than beating them (word?). I
don't think that *always* swallowing anger is that good,
psychologically. One should not explode because of nothing,
that's clear. But concerning myself, at some point, I
cannot keep quiet anymore after having been annoyed by the
same person over and over. I start throwing around insults
for a short time then. Since I try to avoid offending
people, I usually apologize later, being sorry for having
got loud.

Carsten

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