I’m trying to imagine these wusses in the rag trade of my extreme youth (17!) - the first time I heard an F bomb used in the workplace was at Evan Picone in Manhattan. My ears burned for days! I’ve grown up since then.
Here’s some hypocrisy.
How many people here complain when they read “FUMR” or “FUJM”? How many here complain about it? I haven’t seen anyone here whine about that and they all know what it means.
Evan Picone, huh? That would have freaked me out, too...
I grew up on a ranch, and heard the F word in English and Spanish both from the male family members, usually when dealing with a stubborn horse or a truck that didn’t start. The first time I said it within the hearing of an adult-one of my aunts-I was dragged to the sink and had soap put on my lips while being told that word was only for grownups to use-I was more careful after that, but I didn’t quit saying it...