If a person with Tourettes is brought up in a totally swear & profanity free environment ..?

Question

would he still use swear words?

Lots of good answers here, I'm torn between several so putting it to vote thanks.

Answer 1

People with tourettes say what they think would be the worst possible thing to say. If they've never heard a swear word they would just come up with something different. With tourettes it's kind of like the person is thinking oh no! it would be terrible if I called that person a lard ***...then that's what comes out.
In reality most tourettes afflicted actually just grunt, click, bark and make other random noises.

Answer 2

Most people with Tourettes have motor tics more than the swearing vocal tics. The vocal tics do not always have to be swear words. I used to work with a kid with Tourettes that said "biscuit" as a verbal tic.

As far as the profanity free environment, I do not think there is such a thing. Between school, friends, parents, TV, and movies, a kid will inevitably learn swear words.

Answer 3

Tourette's is a syndrome which could no longer unavoidably in regards to the ecosystem someone is proficient up in. i imagine Tourette's victims usually do swear because that is something to do with it no longer being allowed- to that end in case you've been assuming ecosystem had an effect you would say that they were extra in all probability to struggle through if presented up in a non-swearing ecosystem. you'll under no circumstances administration all all people hears, so that they are going to pcik up the words from someplace same to the different youngster. also Tourette's isn't solely about swearing yet can contain different words and actual tics too.

Answer 4

There was a documentary on T.V recently about DR Johnson the creator of the first English Dictionary.By all accounts he suffered from "Tourettes" ,this manifested it"s self as a series of clicks and grunts but no profanities.

Answer 5

tourette's has involuntary impulsive speech and movements.. the repeated swearing is some kind of hollywood or media over-dramazation of the illness. this is like saying if they have an episode and it makes their hands twitch.. they will ALWAYS stick their middle finger up at the world... rather unlikely. Of all the words in their vocabulary.. why would they repeat a swear more often than say... hmm.. saying or yelling cat cat cat .. or pen pen pen instead?

Answer 6

I suppose if they have never EVER heard swear words then they are not likely to suddenly "think" of them, but some Tourettes sufferers do not swear at all, it is a type of tick known as corprolalia, but if that particular type of tick is likely to develop and they have heard swear words, then they are still going to swear.

Answer 7

Excellent question. I suspect that the answer is no. Did you see the documentary about a group of kids with Tourettes going to america? One lad kept shouting "TWIN TOWERS" in New York. So he was not swearing, but was equally upsetting to by-standers

Answer 8

There would always be a version of swear words!It depends on the society you live in and what they regard as a profanity

Answer 9

I used to work with a guy with Tourettes, and he never swore or said weird words. He would twitch occasionally and make weird little chirping noises, but that's as far as it ever went.

Answer 10

I've always wondered that myself. Perhaps he would use words like soda or pants or cat. Don't you ever wonder how swear words became such? I bet on another planet swear words are completely different, and if we spoke the language we would be amazed.