effin language
if you're not around young people you may not have noticed that they cuss... A LOT!! i'm guessing that there are people out there that don't care. i'm guessing that because it must be part of their vocabulary, also.
i know i grew up in a christian family that didn't drink, smoke, dance, or swear. but i don't remember being exposed to much swearing. if i heard my peers swearing, it was done privately so no one could hear. and i didn't hear it much from adults. even when i was a young adult, going to school or being a part of the work force - swearing just wasn't very prevalent.
i'm sitting here watching dave letterman (which i do just about every night) and he has a fairly regular segment where someone on his staff cusses him out. of course, the f-bomb, or any equivalents, are beeped out, but you have no problem knowing what is being said. i'm still trying to figure out why the powers that be on that show puts in a segment like that. i don't find it funny. does anyone?
swearing has become a normal part of society. it's not frowned upon or something that one is scolded for. so why wouldn't young people cuss? it's the cool thing to do. and since so many people do it, and you hear it everywhere, it makes it hard for those who don't want to swear.
my daughter is a freshman in college. she and i had this conversation after a few days away at school. she told me that just about everybody cussed and that she found herself saying words in her head that she would never think of saying outloud. she was worried that the more she was exposed to the language, the more of a chance that something would slip out.
i agree. i read a lot of thngs kids write on line where there is a lot of swearing. and i have to be honest, i've heard some of those words come up in my internal conversations.
what's my point? i don't know. it's just another case where the world has changed so much and it does have an effect on the youth of this generation, as well as the generation before and the many more to come.
i know i grew up in a christian family that didn't drink, smoke, dance, or swear. but i don't remember being exposed to much swearing. if i heard my peers swearing, it was done privately so no one could hear. and i didn't hear it much from adults. even when i was a young adult, going to school or being a part of the work force - swearing just wasn't very prevalent.
i'm sitting here watching dave letterman (which i do just about every night) and he has a fairly regular segment where someone on his staff cusses him out. of course, the f-bomb, or any equivalents, are beeped out, but you have no problem knowing what is being said. i'm still trying to figure out why the powers that be on that show puts in a segment like that. i don't find it funny. does anyone?
swearing has become a normal part of society. it's not frowned upon or something that one is scolded for. so why wouldn't young people cuss? it's the cool thing to do. and since so many people do it, and you hear it everywhere, it makes it hard for those who don't want to swear.
my daughter is a freshman in college. she and i had this conversation after a few days away at school. she told me that just about everybody cussed and that she found herself saying words in her head that she would never think of saying outloud. she was worried that the more she was exposed to the language, the more of a chance that something would slip out.
i agree. i read a lot of thngs kids write on line where there is a lot of swearing. and i have to be honest, i've heard some of those words come up in my internal conversations.
what's my point? i don't know. it's just another case where the world has changed so much and it does have an effect on the youth of this generation, as well as the generation before and the many more to come.
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