Tell me about swearing. . .?

Question

I am doing a project for my history of the English langauge class and would love people to share some information with me. Honesty is nice :) The last person to post answers in response to my survey wins the 10 points -- Thanks.

1) Your Age

2) Your Gender

3) Do you swear
Yes No

4) If so, how frequently
every moment hourly daily rarely

5) What contexts do you swear in most often

normal conversation out of frustration when in pain in all conversation and for all expressions

6) Do you think you could just stop swearing:
Yes No I'm not sure

7) Are there times when you think swearing is inappropriate?
Yes No

8)If so, when do you think it isn't appropriate:
Work Parents Grandparents Church School Other:______________

9) At what age do you think it is appropriate for kids to start swearing

10) Why do you think swearing is censored in movies, television, radio, etc.

. . . nope, I'm not writing a book, just a huge semister project :)

Answer 1

1) 12

2) female

3) yes

4) every other day

5) out of frustration, when in pain, when i am
talking about someone i seriously hate

6) i'm not sure

7) yes

8) parents & school(cant get in trouble)
i dont work yet--grandparents
church especially

9) personally swearing is not really swearing
they're just words some guy/girl made up and people thought oooo thats a bad word
then again since people consider it bad i'd say 12 or 13

10) bcuz some peeps dont like cussing

Answer 2

1. 52
2. F
3. I try hard not to but either I do or not, have to say yes
4. Rarely
5. Mostly during anxiety attacks
6. I'm not sure (possibly if I could just stop having anxiety attacks)
7. yes
8. In the work place, parent to child, church or most public places. It is best not to be offensive if it can be helped.
9. There is not an appropriate age for kids to start swearing.
10. Didn't know that. That is the reason I watch very Little TV, few movies and picky about radio stations, etc.

Answer 3

1) Your Age- 33

2) Your Gender- m

3) Do you swear- yes.. but only around the guys @ work. (it's that kind of enviornment)

4) If so, how frequently - Daily (as stated above)

5) What contexts do you swear in most often - Lots of talking crap & ripping on each other.



6) Do you think you could just stop swearing:
Yes, but why? it's fun in the right situations.

7) Are there times when you think swearing is inappropriate?
Yes, most of the time it is innappropriate

8)If so, when do you think it isn't appropriate:
Work Parents Grandparents Church School .. all listed. like said, my work enviornment is unique...

9) At what age do you think it is appropriate for kids to start swearing...... - appropriate? never! But boys start testing the grounds around 11... at least I did.

10) Why do you think swearing is censored in movies, television, radio, etc.
Movies are rated & they do swear. TV & radio is public broadcast & it is censord because it is not the right place for it.

Answer 4

1) Your Age
16
2) Your Gender
Male
3) Do you swear
Yes

4) If so, how frequently
daily

5) What contexts do you swear in most often

out of frustration

6) Do you think you could just stop swearing:
Yes

7) Are there times when you think swearing is inappropriate?
Yes

8)If so, when do you think it isn't appropriate:
Work Parents Grandparents Church School <--- All of them.

9) At what age do you think it is appropriate for kids to start swearing
Around 14-18. In the teen years.

10) Why do you think swearing is censored in movies, television, radio, etc.
Because children shouldn't be exposed to it.

Answer 5

1. I'm 36
2. Female
3. Unfortunately, Yes
4. At the minimum, - hourly
5. I swear in all of these contexts
6. I'm not sure
7. Yes (definitely)
8. It may be inappropriate in the workplace, at church, in front of your elders, children, and anyone who takes offense to that type of language.
9. I don't think its ever appropriate for kids to start swearing, although I remember saying some bad things as young as five years old.
10. I think its censored because it has been deemed inappropriate by socciety, and therefore has become offensive to caertain people.

Answer 6

) 20

2) Female

3) Do you swear
Yes

4) If so, how frequently
hourly

5) What contexts do you swear in most often

normal conversation out of frustration when in pain in all conversation and for all expressions (all of the above)

6) Do you think you could just stop swearing:
No

7) Are there times when you think swearing is inappropriate?
Yes

8)If so, when do you think it isn't appropriate:
Parents, grandparents, church

9) At what age do you think it is appropriate for kids to start swearing?
When they're not kids anymore (18)

10) Why do you think swearing is censored in movies, television, radio, etc.
So kids won't pick it up

Answer 7

1)30s
2)Female
3)Try not to; but I'm not perfect ;)
4)Rarely
5)Out of frustration, although there are different ways of expressing yourself without swearing; but like anything -it takes practice
6)Yes
7)Yes, at times sadly most afluent people will judge you based on how you express yourself in front of others, & determine what education level you've finished... I know; sad but true.
8)From what I've seen, most cases
9) Probably never start in the 1st place, teach them to communicate with others in a more effective way. Expressing themselves in other ways so they don't just blow up.
10) It's not really sensored in movies.
On TV -it's bleeped out, but kids are a lot smarter than you think.
They want to target a broader audience example: families
Media usually want to push the envelope as far as they can.
SEX sells! The racier the better. How else would they get paid?

Answer 8

1. 61
2. female
3. yes, I have been known to make the air blue.
4. rarely
5. pressures at work
6. yes
7. yes absolutely
8. It is inappropriate around folks who are offended by it, at work, in public places, etc.
9. It is not appropriate for children of any age.
10.So children will not become used to hearing it and thereby think it is OK.

Answer 9

1) 18
2) Female
3) Yes
4) Every other day
5) Frustration, or to get my point across when I'm upset or passionate about something
6) Gradually with time, yes
7) Yes
8) All of the above
9) c. 16
10) It's censored because even though people do swear, it's not really something people want to hear and plus, they don't want their kids to become corrupted.

Answer 10

1) 13

2) Female

3) Yes

4) Daily

5) Out of frustration

6) I'm not sure

7) Yes

8) Grandparents

9) 12+

10) It's just like that