junglist*
Well-Known Member
I don't think it is actually. Swearing is just that, swearing. Just because people use it, sometimes all too often, doesn't make it common English.
Don't get me wrong I can swear like the best of them but I also appreciate there is a time and a place. Even though some words can seem fine in context they probably shouldn't be used in mixed company.
The Mods did make it quite clear that substituting letters with symbols is not acceptable.
This site is aimed at being a family site. There are rules in place. Theses rules are imposed by the owners of the site. After all it is their place that they allow us to congregate in and hopefully share knowledge in a safe and secure environment.
I am sure that you and everyone else have rules for your own places that you expect visitors to respect. Therefore I don't see why it would be such a leap to respect theirs.
Where is Slim6y? I need a hand down from this box.
IsK
Actually, the common and continued use of words, despite their untioward initial meaning is exactly how words become common english. Take NICE for example. This is probably one of te worst things you could have said to someone in the late 1800s to early 1900s. It is derived from nescient - uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"-.
So if someone calls you nice you really should be very upset with them.
"shouldn't be used in mixed company." as for this one, this is a sexist and stupid comment. There is no such thing as mixed comp[any any more, nor is there some rule that states that we should not swear in front of women any more.