Did any weird English slang ever reach your ears? You've had the opportunity to hear a few different dialects and experience different cultures - I wonder if the no-no words shift.
I'm definitely exposed to lots of American and British slang via movies and other pop culture vehicles, so it's hard to know which one of them would pass the "weird" bar. Nowadays, I'm confused less by dialect/geographical linguistic differences and more by generational ones. No cap.
I've been waiting for this moment my whole life. I mean, "this moment" started like 32 years ago, and "my whole life" was before I moved out of my parents' house.
in The Stranger Times, a novel by irish author ck mcdonnell, two characters have a deal about swearing. the more prudish of the two agrees that “bloody” isn’t actually a swear. 😉
Reminds me of a science project my best friend & I did in the 8th grade. We used food dye to make various foods the wrong color, to see if it affected the way they taste (it did).
In our exhibit, we included a quote from one of our test subjects, who had said "It looks like crap."
My friend's mom wouldn't let us put that in, so the quote ended up "It looks like (censored)," which actually enhanced the impact.
We thought that it was hilarious that people who viewed the exhibit substituted a much worse word in their minds than the one actually used.
I once had to cover up the little baby peepee on Nirvana's Nevermind (I wore the shirt some time in 1991 at my junior year of high school). It only seemed to draw 100x more attention to what was underneath that day.
When I was Ralphies age I went to a Xmas party where some relative played a word guessing game with me and the last round was four letter words that have a U. Aunt for example. She was thinking of another word and I was shocked. You just didn’t say that word. I was so upset I told my mom and she had to have a talk to her and I wouldn’t even look at her after that. GoT and the Hound kinda sorta normalized that word but it still feels taboo to me.
Fascinating! I think this speaks to our difference in age. We've lived through so much of the same things, but I think normalizing F-bombs began in earnest right as I grew up. Arnold movies may have played a significant role.
It wasn’t an f-bomb. Embraced that one early and often. Used to have a sheet of all the different ways to use f*ck in college. My favorite was Nautical - eff the captain! And I’m not that old dammit. Ok i am.
I assume that when Supertramp recorded and released "Bloody Well Right" in the 1970s, they were using it in the profane sense...
Oh yes! Great use of sarcasm, too.
That was bloody interesting, mate.
Personally, I'm tired of those bloody bleeding-heart Bloodhound Gang fans!
What were we even talking about here?
Did any weird English slang ever reach your ears? You've had the opportunity to hear a few different dialects and experience different cultures - I wonder if the no-no words shift.
I'm definitely exposed to lots of American and British slang via movies and other pop culture vehicles, so it's hard to know which one of them would pass the "weird" bar. Nowadays, I'm confused less by dialect/geographical linguistic differences and more by generational ones. No cap.
The generational differences are stark! "Sucks" was really offensive to my parents. I remember not being allowed to say it around them.
That sucked.
Now we can say "Suck" as much as we want!
Suck it, suckers!
I've been waiting for this moment my whole life. I mean, "this moment" started like 32 years ago, and "my whole life" was before I moved out of my parents' house.
As Joe Rogan said in a comedy special, "There are no magic words."
https://youtu.be/Z_G2ddesNHs?si=l0Z-CiXVBhhP8z_J
in The Stranger Times, a novel by irish author ck mcdonnell, two characters have a deal about swearing. the more prudish of the two agrees that “bloody” isn’t actually a swear. 😉
You're bloody right it's not!
Reminds me of a science project my best friend & I did in the 8th grade. We used food dye to make various foods the wrong color, to see if it affected the way they taste (it did).
In our exhibit, we included a quote from one of our test subjects, who had said "It looks like crap."
My friend's mom wouldn't let us put that in, so the quote ended up "It looks like (censored)," which actually enhanced the impact.
We thought that it was hilarious that people who viewed the exhibit substituted a much worse word in their minds than the one actually used.
I really love this little anecdote, Ken!
I once had to cover up the little baby peepee on Nirvana's Nevermind (I wore the shirt some time in 1991 at my junior year of high school). It only seemed to draw 100x more attention to what was underneath that day.
When I was Ralphies age I went to a Xmas party where some relative played a word guessing game with me and the last round was four letter words that have a U. Aunt for example. She was thinking of another word and I was shocked. You just didn’t say that word. I was so upset I told my mom and she had to have a talk to her and I wouldn’t even look at her after that. GoT and the Hound kinda sorta normalized that word but it still feels taboo to me.
Fascinating! I think this speaks to our difference in age. We've lived through so much of the same things, but I think normalizing F-bombs began in earnest right as I grew up. Arnold movies may have played a significant role.
https://youtu.be/jvK0rahXZgw
It wasn’t an f-bomb. Embraced that one early and often. Used to have a sheet of all the different ways to use f*ck in college. My favorite was Nautical - eff the captain! And I’m not that old dammit. Ok i am.
Ha! The C-word was the absolute biggest of all no-nos, but then you turned on the BBC...