Do You Curse?

[Commodore]

I've been cursed. Does that count? Ever since I accidentally broke that Egyptian pot at the museum, I just can't seem to get these locusts to stop eating my lawn.

 

[Broken_Erika]

I turned the mailman into a newt. Does that count?

 

[Snerk]

Did he get better?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Did he get better?

Well, he started as a mailman and ended as a newt. That is an improvement. Yes, he got better.

 

[zxcvbob]

By the way, how bad the f-word is considered in English? There is a bit of disagreement among movie translators how this word should be translated into Russian.
Most translators use fairly mild words to interpret it, but others use extreme profanities, which often put a movie into 18+ category.

In my opinion, it is an extreme profanity in almost all contexts*, but has been so overused it has lost all impact or meaning. The translators *should* have a problem figuring out what to do with it
*"Wanna F?" is perfectly fine in private between intimate partners. And there might be some legitimate doctor-patient uses for the word for patients with limited vocabulary. That's all I can think of, but I'm not very imaginative.

 

[Arwon]

By the way, how bad the f-word is considered in English? There is a bit of disagreement among movie translators how this word should be translated into Russian.
Most translators use fairly mild words to interpret it, but others use extreme profanities, which often put a movie into 18+ category.

It is generally considered one of the more severe, but it still depends on context. In some national, cultural, social contexts it's mild punctuation and a general purpose intensifier. In others it's a harsh term of abuse.

By default, it's only considered less impactful than certain racial epithets and c***.

 

[red_elk]

Yes, it's a bit confusing that the word is used in songs and movies quite often, which supposedly puts it into mild category, but in some other contexts it's much more severe.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

All the fudging time. Except on CFC.

 

[emzie]

It's very dependant on with whom I'm speaking.

digression: if I weren't on CFC, I would have written dependant on who I'm speaking with, but this place feels more formal so I change my tune to it

Anyway. I'll swear when talking to my mom, brother, wife or nieces. All words are used casually. Rest of family? Conscious self-censorship. Friends? Without fail, I'm gonna say the f word once a paragraph.

I don't swear when angry. Anger is to be channeled and swearing disperses some of it.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Like a longshoreman. Especially when I'm tuning up someone. I don't swear professionally or go beyond mild epithets here on CFC, but I can unleash a tirade that would make the average sailor blush if I'm pissed off.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Like a longshoreman. Especially when I'm tuning up someone. I don't swear professionally or go beyond mild epithets here on CFC, but I can unleash a tirade that would make the average sailor blush if I'm pissed off.

I'm interested in some sort of bet here. I just can't think what the stakes would be if you did succeed in making me blush.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Oh I know what you're thinking, but no, you can't watch.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Oh I know what you're thinking, but no, you can't watch.

Well, that might make me blush.

Another bet?

 

[Kyriakos]

Not in public. From early on I associated swearing with low intellect, likely because elementary school kids clearly didn't even know what the terms meant but used them as some kind of tool or weapon. So to me it was a bit like apes having discovered a stick, or perhaps more a prehistoric half-ape shaman waving a magical stick.
That said, this impression didn't help me, cause my never swearing did attract the attention of the apes other kids

 

[abradley]

Do I curse?

Very seldom.

 

[Cheetah]

Why is it called cursing and swearing in english? It's clearly neither a curse nor an oath.

As if banning (literally «cursing») is any better?

I try to save my cursing for special occasions. When I swear, people shall know that I am angry/something terrible is happening!

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

All the ******* time. Except on CFC.

And that's mostly because of the fudging autocensor, which is a piece of fudging ****.

 

[Snerk]

As if banning (literally «cursing») is any better?

I don't know the etymology of curse but banning/bannskap stems from the old norse word bann which means forbidden. Which I think makes a little more sense.

 

[rah]

AT work, very seldom. When my staff hears me do it, they duck for cover because they know someone screwed up and I'm hunting for bear.

At home, usually only when I hurt myself doing something stupid.

On the golf course, Almost every ******* hole.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

yes, constantly and far too much. changing isn't easy, but i'm trying.