tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post8220292666601160497..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Contains Strong LanguageThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-73364515053444841632014-07-11T14:23:35.672+01:002014-07-11T14:23:35.672+01:00"But unless you grew up with that, swearing i..."But unless you grew up with that, swearing in the second person can still feel like an attack."<br /><br />Well, for me, BECAUSE I grew up with it (in the form of an abusive mother who reminds me of your first husband's description) it feels much like that type of always too-extreme attack. Just saying. Lol. :P<br /><br />I think exposure to more and more films and TV shows, to more groups of people like that family whose cousin was getting ordained, etc helps to condition you to the normalcy of curses in certain context, and helps you to learn the nuances of the words' definitions, but your method of actually speaking is conditioned by who you hang around at a very heavy concentration - like the people you actually live with - as you so beautifully illustrated. It's interesting to know just how socially conditioned even our exclamations are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-2087551873621844542014-07-01T19:35:06.413+01:002014-07-01T19:35:06.413+01:00Regarding the second language thing, I think it is...Regarding the second language thing, I think it is fairly hard to swear in a foreign language.<br /><br />I was brought up in France. We spoke English at home and I am fully bilingual. <br />I didn't hear many english swear words growing up though, as my parents tried not to swear and I didn't hear English from other sources. <br />On the other hand I have now been back in the UK for 17 years, long enough to hear and learn plenty of english swear words!<br /><br />I very rarely swear. But when I am on my own I occasionally do, for instance when dropping something on myself or when my laptop goes wrong (my pet hate!).<br /><br />The interesting thing is that I still invariably automatically swear in French. I find it almost impossible to swear in english. Spoonydochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530660179706960529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-76823478157277194242014-07-01T16:46:55.336+01:002014-07-01T16:46:55.336+01:00Loved this - though I'm now worried it may hav...Loved this - though I'm now worried it may have set off my work-internet-filter ; )<br /><br />(Until about three years ago I never swore in front of my Mum, and had only ever heard her swear about three times in my life.. Something has changed and our conversations are full of mid-level swears and the occasional 'fucking hell' - but never, *ever*, the C-word...Ben Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17858151383835889843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-40292201573065031522014-07-01T15:02:05.311+01:002014-07-01T15:02:05.311+01:00So many swear words are just such wonderful soundi...So many swear words are just such wonderful sounding words. Sometimes when talking about vaginas, for example, you have to use the word "cunt" because it just sounds so much better than the synonyms.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.com