'Most children learn how to swear before they even know the alphabet'

Daily Mail ^ | 04/17/2013 | By HUGO GYE and DAVID GARDNER

[SeekAndFind]

Is it true that the common four letter 'F' word is an acronym from hundreds of years ago in England?

Fornication Under the Consent of the King?

[driftdiver]

No that is not true.

[onedoug]

I coached baseball at a local high school for three seasons. There are two or three kids I never heard a single cuss word from. The others are lost causes.

[Wolfie]

As a parent, I am f$#$’in outraged!

[KarlInOhio]

* Bad language dates to Romans and Anglo-Saxons

Because the Greeks, Babylonians, Egyptians and Neanderthals all had clean mouths and clean minds.

[dfwgator]

The source of the word comes from a German word, I believe.

[JRandomFreeper]

* 0.7% of all English spoken language is swearing

Depends on how recalcitrant the mechanical object being worked on is. Sometimes, that ratio can climb to 50%.

/johnny

[BenLurkin]

[who knows what evil?]

I lived in Tennessee for five or six years, and only heard the 'f' word once...that was when LSU intercepted a Tennessee pass late in the 4th during an important game. SHE wasn't very happy.

I go outside my residence here in Red Hampshire, and I can hear the 'f' word (and all its companion words) coming from the neighbor's property all day long, from younger children up to 'adults'

[SoothingDave]

Do you have to use so many cuss words?

[Bigg Red]

‘This goes back to the Victorian era idea that you get control over your language and your deportment, which indicates that you are a proper, good person and this is a sign of your morality and awareness of social rules,’ she said.

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Well, this lady still happens to believe this. So disgusted by the prevalence of bad language, and I am on a personal crusade.

[jboot]

On a Walmart parking lot a few months ago, we were astonished when a small girl of maybe 5 shouted at her toddler sibling "don't touch my sh*t you f*cking b*tch!!" Her mother, who was present, did not react in any way.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: The source of the word comes from a German word, I believe.

Well, there is a city in Austria with that name. They haven't changed it as far as I can tell.

It is spelled the way we spell it but it is pronounced in German as: [ˈfʊkɪŋ], rhymes with "booking"

See this Wikipedia link

[vpintheak]

Swearing is a sign of moral degeneration. A person who regularly swears, is frankly, degenerate.

[kosciusko51]

When I was growing up, my dad hardly ever used a cuss word, but when he did, it was serious. It made you take notice.

For me, when I was in college, I used to swear a lot. Since then, not so much, to the point when I referred to someone as a “smart-ass”, my wife gave me a surprised and disappointed look.

However, certain people and situations sure do tax my ability to keep it in check...

[TomGuy]

“Well, sonabich!”

A direct quote from my niece when she was about 4 years old.

[MNDude]

Mother to Friend “I’m so excited! Today little Trayvon just said his first half word!”

[SampleMan]

Yes, its horrible.

When my daughter was 7 she told us about a horrible word that was said that day at school. We braced ourselves and asked her which word it was. “The ‘S’ word.” she said hesitantly.

I thought I should discuss it with her, but just before I used the word myself, I asked her, “Which ‘S’ word dear.” She looked at me and said, “Stupid”. I smiled.

Now she is 15 and I think I've heard her say the real “S” word twice, but no other profanity. The "F" word or God's name in vain would result in some bad consequences for her.

Children learn curse words from their parents mainly, until they are older. My father was extremely profane on a regular basis and I picked up the habit. When I was in high-school I began trying to clean up my act and by the time I was in college I rarely if ever cursed. I have my own personal standard of allowing the very rare crude word (dealing with excrement), but not other words that I consider profane or vulgar.

[apillar]

This story remind me of something that happened a while back in the local Wal-Mart. There was a little kid who couldn't have any more than 3 riding in cart being pushed by his mother. They were passing the Nintendo display in electronics. The kid starts yelling, “I want to play TV game!” The mom ignores him and keeps on walking. he yells even louder “I WANT TO PLAY TV GAME!!!” the mom ignored him again. then he bellows at the top of his lungs, loud enough for half the store to hear “I WANT TO PLAY G-D D-MN TV GAME!!!” I probably should have been appalled, but I had to duck down an aisle I was laughing so hard...

[wbill]

I don't have a serious problem with cursing. I know the tune AND the melody, and can impress the most seasoned CPO.

That being said, when cursing is done frequently, it loses its power. Therefore, other than an excited utterance (@#$@#$!! I just slammed my finger in the door!!) ... I try to only use cursing as an attention-getter, or to drive home a point.

Case in point...I rarely curse at work. The workplace is not a lockerroom. Therefore, when @#%#$@%% comes out of my mouth on the job, it gets people's attention immediately.

Which is why I do it.