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Re: OT: Slang, curses and vulgarities

From:Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...>
Date:Monday, January 31, 2005, 14:01
Adrian Morgan (aka Flesh-eating Dragon) wrote:

> I'd say "damn < shit < bloody < fuck < cunt". I'm assuming (except in > the case of "cunt") that the target of the swearing is an inanimate > object and not another person, since this is usually the case.
Really? I'd say "bloody" is weaker than "shit".
> "Damn" isn't a swear word at all, IMO, whereas anything rightward of > "fuck", inclusive, is quite unacceptable. Anything in between is > acceptable in limited contexts, i.e. when you've got a good reason to > be angry.
I'd say: damn < bloody < bastard < shit < fuck < cunt, with the first two being pretty harmless, the next two being ones you'd only use if you're angry, and the last two next to completely unacceptable. But then again, hereabouts you here everything except "cunt" being used in everyday language. Here in Ireland, we're not quite so hung up about vulgarities. "Cunt", however, is just bad, bad, bad. Oh, and "cock" is now fashionable around here, and that goes right between "shit" and "fuck", and is just slightly stronger than "shit". K.