Well, so I've decided to write a blog... I'm not sure how regularly I'll post, as I tend to just hear things or see things or read things that I have an opinion about, then decide that I've got something to say about it. Now I'll be able to share my madness with the masses...
So fair warning, this won't be PG rated, hold on, it might be a bumpy ride. I'm an educated man, I have a good solid extensive vocabulary, and I swear like a sailor. Deal with it. As I used to tell my mother every time she complained about language on the TV or radio, in music, movies, etc. "If you don't like it, don't listen, don't watch, or change the channel..." Variety is there for a reason, right people?
I guess that could bring me to my first topic.
I heard the ago-old saying sometime a little while back...
"Using four letter words is just for ignorant people that can't speak..."
I say, fuck you. We intelligent people can use those words too. They're not reserved for the poor, uneducated, ignorant, or illiterate. Four letter words, swear words, curse words, cuss words, blue language, whatever you want to call them have impact. They make a point, the convey emphasis, strong feeling, emotion, or are just a handy space filler when you really just don't know what else to say for whatever reason. Ever wonder why they're four letters? They're short, easy to say when you've smacked yourself with a hammer, cut yourself, pissed off, or want to make sure you're heard as someone tries to walk away.
Take "fuck" and it's versatility. No one seems to agree with it's origin, some go with the old acronym "Fornication Under Consent of the King" from the Middle Ages, some go with the origin of "fricken", German for "to strike". Who knows? Who fucking cares?
Here's a link to the text of the favorite "Usage of the Word Fuck".
http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/m/monthypython9363/theusageoffuck313303.html
That site has it attributed to Monty Python... I've also commonly heard it attributed to the great George Carlin, and Jack Wagner. However, it illustrates the various parts of speech the word can be used as... Any other words that versatile?
So for those of us that swear, that cuss, whatever, who cares? We're adults and we can say what the fuck we want. If someone labels us as ignorant because of this, tell them to eat shit. If someone can garner the same attention and emphasis in the same short span of time with more and longer words, more power to them. As for me, efficiency works.
Fuck the rest of 'em.
