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I don't know what's up with me. I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, but as far as swears go I can NOT say the C word. The one with 4 letters.

I just cringe every time I hear it. It's the only one.

I don't mind racial slurs at all, and I'll often spew out quite a few of them at any given time just for the sake of doing so. I'll spare you all my foul language, but I'm sure you get the idea of what I can start saying. Especially those of you that know me xp


Now, I know what makes people not like racial slurs that much, lets leave those out of the convo for now. What is it that really makes us not like OTHER words. I mean, the C word is just a word. But damn, I cannot drop the C Bomb if my life depended on it.



On another slightly unrelated but wordy note, I also can not lie if someone says "Swear to God".
Weird.

i've become less sensitive to swear words recently

but i have a huge problem with trying to imitate an austrian accent

it's so embarrassing, other austrians often ask me to do it but i just can't get myself to!!!

I used to not be able to say the c word. There's just something about it that's a lot harsher than any other word.

And even though I've become slightly desensitized to it, I still only use it when I'm really, really, really, really upset.

Perhaps any bilingual or multilingual UFGer will probably share my point of view or not but there it is. Although I cuss in both English and French (read Québécois as it's totally different from France), I do think the English cuss are milder than the French ones. Especially knowing that the french word for Seal is pronouced exactly the same as ******** perhaps it's because French is my native tongue that the cussing sounds harsher because I do instinctly know the meaning of the word. But, I do say that in either language, c**t and Plotte are both frown upon.

I say damn and hell a LOT, and s**t and ******** very rarely -- and when I do, it's always typed. I can't remember the last time I've said one of those out loud. I'm not a big cusser, and I never have been. I'm not as bad as the girl in our class who says "Gosh Darnit," though, even when she's reading from a script. sweatdrop

I'm bad at apologizing, and I can never say how I feel about something when I'm upset. I don't say a word, which usually makes things worse.

i don't like to use certain racial slurs, but if i'm singing along (for example) with something that uses them, i have no qualms. maybe not in front of someone who is of the race being derogated, i also have no interest in getting my a** kicked, but by myself? sure.

and as for c**t, i don't say it much - haven't got much need - but i find it goes down easier if you stick it together with another word. cuntface, for example. i still can't see a situation where i'd really need to use it and another swear word wouldn't be just as good, but i like the ring of it as a two-syllable word.

c**t never seems to have the same weight as other words in my mind. ******** ends up so much more versatile and has so much more emphasis that c**t just gets overshadowed by it. It just has no punch.

Even s**t seems to have a nice adaptability to couple with other words. "Shithead" "s**t kicker" "s**t-for-brains". "Cuntface" is the only one I've ever heard, and it seems a bit comical to me.

I tend to just prefer saying other words, so I end up not using c**t.

I'm kinda fond of "cuntmonger," myself.

... my mom was really mad at our neihgbor once and I heard her call him a "d***o-head." That's a new one. o.O