tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post85737538849094339..comments2024-03-24T07:19:28.136+00:00Comments on Lake Cocytus: SpeechThe Shrinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009039342346247138noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-31110878101440891202009-03-09T10:54:00.000+00:002009-03-09T10:54:00.000+00:00With regards the substitution of words, an acquain...With regards the substitution of words, an acquaintance once held the view that such changes were every bit as bad as swearing, and in some ways worse because of the hypocrisy involved.<BR/><BR/>If you are going to use an expletive it, do it. If you don't want to use one, then don't. Don't faff around in the middle trying to pretend that the word you use changes the emotions you are feeling or the view that you hold.<BR/><BR/>I don't entirely agree with that view, but it is one that I have a lot of sympathy with.lsnduckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264042161845122404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-16062645461922276332009-03-08T17:19:00.000+00:002009-03-08T17:19:00.000+00:00I love reading totally unsanitised opinions litter...I love reading totally unsanitised opinions littered with swear words provided the content is intellectualy valid. Raw opinions punctuated with swearing works, and should not be censored just because it might offend a readership.<BR/><BR/>That is why I am a subscriber to your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-66772946097797529022009-03-08T03:58:00.000+00:002009-03-08T03:58:00.000+00:00Ooo, I feel the same way about off-limit words! Ch...Ooo, I feel the same way about off-limit words! Chosen carefully and in context, they're so perfectly expressive. <BR/><BR/>On the subject of that particular word, I'll defend it as a good Anglo-Saxon word, along with 'cock' and 'fuck' and, say, 'foot' and 'cow' and plenty of others with a strong harsh vowel. They appeal to us as English-speakers in a very basal manner; it's almost like they speak to the hind-brain. As always, they become offensive dependent on the context in which they're used.Milk and Two Sugarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960085813041665939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-29977985740106817852009-03-07T15:50:00.000+00:002009-03-07T15:50:00.000+00:00For some reason this post puts me in mind of the s...For some reason this post puts me in mind of the sociologist <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2000/sep/27/guardianobituaries.education" REL="nofollow">Basil Bernstein</A> and his work on <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Bernstein" REL="nofollow">"elaborated and restricted codes" of speech</A>. This was certainly a theory that primary school teachers used to get taught about... wonder if it appears in social work and medical sociology curricula? I would be curious to know.<BR/><BR/>PS I have a small personal interest, as when I was a kid Basil Bernstein was our next door neighbour.PhD scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653179299453839890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-4837275884847374942009-03-07T10:35:00.000+00:002009-03-07T10:35:00.000+00:00The use of swear words is a valid part of the Engl...The use of swear words is a valid part of the English language used to express emotively.<BR/><BR/>And only a coat would think otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-1497887898465339612009-03-07T10:18:00.000+00:002009-03-07T10:18:00.000+00:00I have a friend who is so appalled by the use of (...I have a friend who is so appalled by the use of (as she puts it) "The C Word" that she corrects everyone to replace it with the word "Coat". Usually when referring to her ex-husband who smashed her house in, and then her face in, whilst her two kids hid in the bedroom cupboard.<BR/><BR/>I am so acustomed to using the word "Coat" in it's place now, that I have spread the word amongst many of my friends, and it is an endless source of amusement when talking with people who have no knowledge of the replacement. ie "Gosh that's a lovely warm coat you have" or "Gee my coats dripping wet"<BR/><BR/>In a way she has made the word "Coat" so rude now that I struggle to use it. Such small things get me through the day. :)<BR/><BR/>Lola xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-5800255758898947612009-03-07T08:32:00.000+00:002009-03-07T08:32:00.000+00:00I feel a bit bad now for editing! I wasn't remotel...I feel a bit bad now for editing! I wasn't remotely offended but I felt after having put up a comments policy, I really should be consistent.<BR/><BR/> The comment policy came about after a hideous stream of abuse aimed at social workers in general - and me too (although I have to say, I am particularly unbothered by anonymous hate as it is extremely easy to depersonalise!) after my site seemed to have been posted into a forum for some rather extreme group that seems to spend all their time finding accessible social workers to be abusive towards.. and I don't like arbitrary censorship so that's why I put up a 'policy'!Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12652768793937457682noreply@blogger.com