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anastasia
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Message 49 of 87 (403139)
05-31-2007 10:31 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Woodsy
05-31-2007 3:16 PM


Woodsy, I am Catholic, haha, but I hate curse words in the way they are often used.
I don't enjoy cursing in the place of good literary skills, as is found on many other sites.
I don't like cursing around my children, because as long as certain words are generally tabooed, and certain people stereo-typed for using them, I don't want to be the mother of the child initiating the whole class and getting the phone call.
I have an aversion to curse words that are said in anger and intended to hurt or augment an argument to a dirtier game than I will play.
I do not like to be around people who don't know how or when to clean up their speech.
I curse on occasion, if I think it will be well-received.
I don't curse when I slam the door on my foot, because I am not used to cursing so it is not a knee-jerk reaction to pain.
There are a few people who can use a well placed swear word to punctuate a conversation and sound more savvy than the rest. My uncle Thomas comes to mind, very funny guy. Humour is something I respect, although I am not funny. Humour is often a gift of the intelligent, and the manipulation of the entire range of words is a great attrubute to have.
If you are not one of these people, you should need a permit to carry curses. Hardly anyone knows how to handle them. They either have tons of ammo and no target, or a deadly aim.

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anastasia
Member (Idle past 5952 days)
Posts: 1857
From: Bucks County, PA
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Message 59 of 87 (403323)
06-01-2007 9:06 PM
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06-01-2007 7:50 AM


Woodsy writes:
Does one encounter the phrase "infra dig." anymore? It used to be quite common but I've not seen it recently. It's short for "infra dignitas" and refers to something that would lower one's dignity, or entitlement to respect, if one did it.
I haven't encountered the phrase, but my ma was big on dignity. It seems to be a thing of the past. Nowadays it's all about 'my right to do whatever the heck I want'.

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