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Originally Posted by Mercury
at least someone else here cares about the english language.
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I studied that shit extensively and majored in how to use it to express.
Kids repeat what they hear. My father used to scream at me when I was single digits (age-wise). One of my best friends got me in trouble with my principal in 1st grade because I said "fucking" and he was offended or threatened, even though it was said in a casual manner regarding no one in particular.
Now I have a niece (turning 12 in Dec.) and a nephew (9) and I'm having to sputter gibberish or fake extreme emotion to mask my slips.
Is that fair? I never heard a single word on cable (HBO, SHO, MAX access since age 2) that I hadn't already been verbally abused with.
*chiquitito violins, por fa)
that all aside, those words are part of the lexicon, and they have unique derivations and myriad uses and contexts. I hate when older adults say to younger adults, teens or mature adolescents, "you could express yourself so much more eloquently, so much more intelligently, so much more uniquely."
Yeah, it's true, part of the time, maybe most. But there are certain situations where words like "fuck" and "shit" are the most accurate for describing what's being described. It's called being succinct.