“We find a steady linear increase in the use of swear words, with books published in the year 2005 to 2008 28 times more likely to include swear words than books published in the early 1950s.” In addition to what we think of as those sort of cuss words, there’s also the taking ...
The use of swear words can provoke a visceral response and is usually considered a no-no in the classroom. But are we doing our students any favours by banning ‘bad’ language or should teachers’ approach to expletives be more nuanced? Henry Hepburn re
I really don’t like cuss words, but I do use them too much, although not in the classroom. I was an adjunct, after all, and I had to be on my best behavior. After my eight-year-old granddaughter caught me cussing (and calling me on it), she suggested that it was time to set...
God reminded me how beautiful we all are to Him, after all, we were created in His own image, and He looks at me, at you, in all our sweat and dirt and brokenness, and says, "I choose you. You are beautiful. — Katie Davis 28 God creates each soul differently, so that when ...
I really don’t like cuss words, but I do use them too much, although not in the classroom. I was an adjunct, after all, and I had to be on my best behavior. After my eight-year-old granddaughter caught me cussing (and calling me on it), she suggested that it was time to set...
When asked about dropping cusswords in advertising, Jarvis pointed out a hypocrisy: “I think that people should have their own language and we need to get over our prissy puritanical ways of thinking that some of these words are shocking when there’s much more shocking things going on ...
Yes, swearing is somewhat taboo — as it should be. If cuss words are used constantly, they lose their power — and their magic. But I contend that if my kids are going to figure out how to swear in an appropriate way, then they ought to have a safe place to experiment with their...
Swearing in Chinese culture is always a colourful affair. Some vulgar, curse words in both Chinese language and Cantonese dialect get straight to the point, while others are more subtle and rather hilarious. When I was growing up, my parents threatened to slap my palm with a rule...
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“Hey look, CUSS WORDS!”), the show immediately settles down and relaxes in the second episode and through to the end of the series. One issues that does still remain is that time to time it does sit and unnecessarily explain jokes which at times ruins how funny they were in the ...