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[Diana Duncan <art2mis AT nc.rr.com>]

On Saturday, Oct 11, 2003, at 13:14 US/Eastern, Ian Meyer wrote:

> I think you're absolutely right
>
> One of the most annoying things to me is when some uber-religious 
> zealot or just someone who doesn't curse or use 4 letter words says 
> other words in their palace like "G.D."  for "God dammit" or something 
> like that. They're obviously thinking it, but just not saying it, and 
> to me, thats just the same.
>
> Personally, I could really care less...
>
> My $0.02
> Ian
Maybe you could care less, but how does the person speaking know that 
*you* aren't an uber-religious zealot who will be so offended by your 
use of swearwords that they can't listen to your content?

I used to swear all the time (even from childhood), and was rebuked for 
it by a coworker.  (He would call me "potty-mouth").  I could see his 
point, and realized that it is inappropriate to use possibly offensive 
language in a work environment.  I have since had to work very hard to 
clean up my language, which makes me wish my parents had done a better 
job at policing it in the first place.

Now, I still swear, but at least I'm not inadvertently offending people 
as often as I used to...

Diana