Is swearing always bad?

Question

Hello from Montana,

I would like to make a point that may well recieve huge disagreement (I only hope to hear from you on this).

I was reading the paper while we had lunch and saw somthing I want to share... I always heard of the sentence: "The quick Red Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Brown Dog." I think I had to type it over and over in high school keyboarding (should of called it key-boreing)... So I read that this familiar sentence of 38 letters and 10 words is not the shortest sentence to use all the letters in the alphabet. A contest in the 1930's was held to find the shortest sentence and the actual shortest winner was "disqualified" because of prohibition.

So I could have typed way less in high school if they only allowed the sentence "Pack My Box With Five Dozen Liquor Jugs." Now, I don't wan't to go off on a rant here" (Dennis Miller 2000) but semantics or semiotica is the study of language or words as meaning. The idea that some words are inherintly bad it crazy. Some p

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Answer 1

Someone once said that "Swearing furnishes a relief that is denied even to prayer"! He was sooooo right!
But it's amusing to hear that the sentence containing the words 'liquor jugs' was banned in the 30s during the prohibition years. I still find it hard to understand how that ever came about! It was a phenomenon that could only have happened in the States.
Me, I never swear in the presence of children, my parents, brothers or sisters, or ladies of any age! In fact I don't swear in the presence of anyone but my peers. It's a simple matter of respect!

Answer 2

There are many levels of language. When you're speaking privately to your friends, you use casual language. When you're in class, you're more formal. If you're giving a speech to an audience you're even more formal and elegant than in the other instances. The "bad" thing about swearing is that it doesn't convey enough information to the listener. For example, using a four-letter word shows either that you're angry or you don't know enough adjectives to describe what you really mean. Also, society has marked certain words as inappropriate. This is true for all languages. So, don't be a "Patak," (a Klingon curse word), try to speak standard English whenever you're among people who might be offended by using inappropriate language.

Answer 3

I think saying some words are bad is an incorrect statement. There are bad reasons and bad times to use certain words. The words we use and the tone we use them convey our emotional status and our educational status. The ignorant often mispronounce words, the angry often use words which describe unpleasant things, those in love often use words to make someone else feel better.

Answer 4

its always bad unless ur using the word for how its intended, like saying *** when you're referring to a donkey and not an idiot(dont insult the donkey). i dont care if u do it at home but cussing in public for all ears to hear is rude on your part. i shows u dont care about any one but yourself. besides there are other more decent ways of getting your point across. try using a thesarus or something. an example of using uncommon words to insult people would be from the movie"10 things i hate about you". after seeing it i made me realize how you can get your point across w/out using swear words.(but i had to sit there w/ a dictionary to get the jokes).
but to make my point, it depends on how and when u use the words.

Answer 5

stix and stones eh? no words arent evil in themselves. they are just words. however we do not live in a vacuum or a theoretical world. there are socities "values", (whatever that means...i just know it when i see it), to consider.

with all that being said and considered, there is nothing like a GOOD OL' FASHION CUSS WORD to express ones self; and get your real meaning across to others. i can speak the queens english or cuss like a sailor and do both at times, just depending on who i'm expressing myself to and what i'm trying to get across to them.

DANGIT, what was the question? haha, that's how i see it.

Answer 6

I agree completely. Let's see how many of the following, from an excerpt of a famous performance of George Carlin's, are censored:

“There’s a different group to get pissed off at you in this country for everything your not supposed to say. Can’t say ******, Boogie, Jig, *******, Skinhead, Moolimoolinyon, Schvatzit, Junglebunny. Greaser, Greaseball, Dago, Guinea, Whop, Ginzo, Kike, Zebe, Heed, Yid, Mocky, Himie, Mick, Donkey, Turkey, Limey, Frog. Zip, Zipperhead, Squarehead, Crout, Hiney, Jerry, Hun, Slope, Slopehead, Chink, ****. There is absolutely nothing wrong with any of those words in and of themselves. Their only words. It’s the context that counts. It’s the user. It’s the intention behind the words that makes them good or bad. The words are completely neutral. The words are innocent. I get tired of people talking about bad words and bad language. Bullshit! It’s the context that makes them good or bad. The context. That makes them good or bad. For instance, you take the word “******.” There is absolutely nothing wrong with the word “******” in and of itself. It’s the racist asshole who’s using it that you ought to be concerned about. We don’t mind when Richard Pryer or Eddie Murphy say it. Why? Because we know their not racist. Their *******! Context. Context. We don’t mind their context because we know their black. Hey, I know I’m whitey, the blue-eyed devil, paddy-o, fay gray boy, honkey, mother-****** myself. Don’t bother my ***. Their only words. You can’t be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it’s an unpleasant truth, like the fact that there’s a bigot and a racist in every living room on every street corner in this country.”

Not only is it illogical, but it's hypocritical. Let's see if "honkey" or "honky" is EVER made censored on Yahoo! Answers. I won't be holding my breath.

Answer 7

swearing isnt always bad it is a term of expression yet perhaps the words used are bad such as f****** hell or w***** as these are words related to sin and so are bad for this reason

Answer 8

course not, why can't people convey their feelings and let loose.