2006-11-15 08:56:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Because these three words are scientific in nature and the other word is a foul sounding slang word.
2006-11-15 09:00:12 · answer #1 · answered by greylady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Feces, excrement, and ordure are proper and correct names. The S-word is just slang and isn't used in proper situations, but as an exclamation.
2006-11-15 08:59:33 · answer #2 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because those words sound too dorky to be considered obscene.
2006-11-15 14:59:26 · answer #3 · answered by Oghma Gem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is considered obscene because people use it as a cuse word.
2006-11-15 08:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by Glee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why? Because the three words you chose come from the French and Latin, while the S word comes from Old English. Could the Normans have been snobs?
2006-11-15 08:59:33 · answer #5 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋