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gman, it is somewhat difficult to explain. Yes culture is a learned thing,
but in my culture it is rude to yell at your family members and to act
aggresively in public.This is similar for most cultures, you will find.
Language, even though learned, is all about communication, trying to connect
to another person, conveying thoughts and emotions, and most cultures have
different forms of niceties that surround language. These niceties are there
to protect people from becoming offended and to deepen relations between
them. Swearing, in our culture, at loved ones, and strangers then, would in
the very least be an extremely ineffective way of communicating. And if,
culturally, as I was, someone was raised to do this in a jovial fashion so
that friggin' meant very, or whatever, then that would be quite different
from someone using it to express anger.
"gman99" <gman99@NewsReader.Com> wrote in message
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> "Christine Davison" <Christine Davison@Eastlink.ca> wrote:
> > I had this boyfriend for awhile who would swear in a loud voice over the
> > littlest things (often in public), and sometimes at the kids. He would
> > justify doing it by saying it was normal, and that I was being too
> > sensitive. We were in a treelot and he swore <F@#^> very loudly over
> > something very small. I ended up leaving him over it. Swearing can be an
> > insensitive, aggressive expression of anger.
>
> That's only because that's what someone else told you or you learned.
Being
> offened by language / pictures / whatever is learned. Would you be offened
> if someone swore at you in a language you didn't understand ?
>
> I grew up in the north end...very used to colorful language. Language does
> not offend me, I know it offends some people and if I don't know my
> audience I'll err on the side of caution if it suits me (business dealings
> / girl friend's relatives...etc). When I stub my toe the word 'poop' does
> not come to mind !!
>
> It was the way I was brought up...I use very colorful language a lot of
the
> time...just who I am.