Swearing?

[NinjaDeathSlap]

I'm sure I've fucking pointed this shit out before that every **** in bloody Scotland damn-well uses swearing as often as the buggers use that punctuation shite. Wankers.

In fact, in Glasgow "cunts" is a semi-acceptable way to refer to people in general.

In case you hadn't noticed, I swear a lot

I think this has spread far wider than Glasgow now...

I grew up in Wiltshire, I go to a private school, my dad's an RAF Officer and my mum's a teacher. So basically if my life got any posher I would actually be inbred... and I swear like a fucking trooper!

Isn't it true of the upper classes in this country that they're actually rather vulgar behind all the genteel assumptions you see in media or tea and scones? They swear all the time and (the younger generations at least) are more prone to partying like it's 1999 with all the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that goes with it? xD

The bit about the partying's true (oh yeah ) but there's still not much swearing usually, I swear like 10 times as much as any of my friends.

 

[Crispee]

I'm from England, some people swear in every alternate sentence. I myself make a rule of not swearing because I never feel the need, if I need to emphasize something I'll use other words that actually make sense. I don't recall the last time I properly swore TBH.

 

[Abengoshis]

The last time I swore was about 5 minutes ago. I'm from England. It was "bloody". Mild but still counts I suppose.

 

[Bender Rodriguez]

Hiya escapists.

I feel like having a look at cultural differences (and just making a light-hearted thread), so here's what I want to know:

Where do you live (you don't need to be specific), and when was the last time you swore (perhaps also why you did it, if you can remember)? Feel free to add when the last time you heard various family members and/or friends swear was, if you want to provide a more varied sample.

Me? Live in Norway, and the last time I swore was at school today while writing a short story (I think. I mean, it's not like I'm particularly careful about keeping track ^.^'). It was just out of annoyance I think.
The last time my dad swore was at dinner today [sub]Yes, that's why I'm making the thread[/sub]
It was just to put emphasis on, uhhh... something. I can't remember.

As for my mother, I can't remember; so I'm just going to take a guess, and say a week ago.

To add some discussion, you may throw in what you think about swearing in general as well.
Personally, I think it's rather stupid that some words are "off limits", but I appreciate that they are there, because it's fun to have some taboos to break.

And don't go over board with the swearing, people. I don't want to be suspended o_o'

Fellow Norwegian here,

My mom sometimes swear, but rarely.
I've never ever heard my dad swear, he doesn't like me swearing much...so i hold my temper around him.
Though i swear sometimes at things that need swearing at...like idiots in traffic etc...feels like i swear for both of us in that situation.

Last time must have been a week ago or something, don't really have much to swear about these days.

 

[LornMind]

I swear regularly. It can be used for emphasis, comic effect or to display any kind of emotion, save for tenderness and love. I refuse to swear in expressing those.

 

[TyrantGanado]

The bit about the partying's true (oh yeah ) but there's still not much swearing usually, I swear like 10 times as much as any of my friends.

I knew it! You posh folk are worse than me. Which isn't actually saying much since I'm at a dozen parties a year or less xD

 

[Solstrana91]

At college the other week, a football came out of nowhere and hit the ground in the middle of a group of us who were talking, to which I exclaimed, "What the fucking dick?"
...Thought it was amusing.
Well, West Midlands UK here, and I swear fairly often.
Could do without it, but it just slips out, you know?

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

The bit about the partying's true (oh yeah ) but there's still not much swearing usually, I swear like 10 times as much as any of my friends.

I knew it! You posh folk are worse than me. Which isn't actually saying much since I'm at a dozen parties a year or less xD

It's only because we can afford all the best booze xD
(no offence meant btw, just a joke)

 

[BlackStar42]

I try not to do it that often, so it has more meaning when I do. It needs to be shocking/insulting, otherwise what's the point?

 

[CoL0sS]

Dalmatia, which is a coastal region of Croatia. Swearing here is all too common; it's just the part of slang and, along with the way we talk has become something that makes people from these parts distinguishable (or annoying). Well .... at least here it does......shut up.

 

[newdarkcloud]

I live in the USA and I last wore about an hour ago.

 

[loc978]

...when I saw the title of this thread, my initial verbal response was, "Fuck... really?" so uh, I swore very recently. From the US, by the way.

 

[thedevilscousin]

I'm from Iceland, i generally swear and people don't seem to mind.... we all generally swear a lot, i just do it a bit more than normal.

 

[Zachary Unkle]

New Jersey. Last time I swore was earlier today because I accidentilly poked myself with my pencil and it hurt like hell. Last time I heard a family member/friend curse was a few gours ago.

 

[WOPR]

Where do you live (you don't need to be specific), and when was the last time you swore (perhaps also why you did it, if you can remember)? Feel free to add when the last time you heard various family members and/or friends swear was, if you want to provide a more varied sample.

I live in California

I never swear, I find it to be rather pointless and stupid honestly... Plus it's always fun to call some swear-happy imbecile a "Blistering Idiot" and see how long it takes him to realize he was just insulted

Last time I heard a family member swear..?
About 5 minutes ago... apparently taking 7 classes (average is 5) and getting 6 A's and 1 D isn't quite good enough, even though the D is in a class where everything is group related and the other 2 members of my group ditch/cut every day swamping me with work

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

My Mum thinks fart is a swear word... Yeah.

Whereas I swear pretty much all the time, which I should probably stop doing but oh well.

 

[Ducktard]

I'm from norway. NORTHERN NORWAY. I swear all the time. Partly cause it's fucking cold here, and partly because.. Well.. It's almost culture

So last time I swore, up above

 

[Venereus]

Swearing isn't really that special, it's just a conservative bias against some arbitrarily chosen words, wich grants them a transgresive effect when uttered. Kids enforce it out of fear, anyone older censoring themselves are inmature or retards, and people getting offended by them, well, don't even ask. I'm from Chile BTW, and in South America in general, you pretty much can't express yourself without it.

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

I live in canada, more specifically in victoria, last time i swore was, yesterday, of course I haven't said ANYTHING since yesterday, so that would explain why today's expletive library is as yet unfilled... but yeah I swear often, and sometimes a lot all at once, I go from casually swearing, to going off like a clumsy one eyed epileptic carpenter with terrets who just smashed his thumb with a hammer for the 300th time that day... yeah... It is possible to swear THAT much, but times when I feel the need to swear to that extent are few and far between, so I mostly just swear a fair ammount due to the company I keep, and the people I work for and with.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I live in Arizona and I swore about an hour ago. I was at work and the computers there are incredibly slow and it's an act of God if you want to do anything productive right after you turn them one. It's amazing how no one bothers to ask what's wrong when they hear 'Goddamn it, hurry the fuck up will you!' Which was what happened.

My parents yesterday when I met up with them for dinner, they swear regularly, and I swear more than they do, which I think is somehow weird.