Swearing

Swearing

Swearing is only considered ‘bad’ when with certain company. I was on the bus the other day and there were these two teenage girls using quite colourful language at the back of the bus, someone in front of me who had a couple of younger children with him asked them to mind there language in front of his children, the girls told him to f-off. The ironic thing was that the man who asked the girls to mind there language then muttered under his breath ‘f-ing hell!’ I found it quite amusing.

Obviously swearing in front of people who you don’t know like on a bus or in a public place is not very considerate and as swear words are used to cause offence they almost certainly will if you are swearing in front of people you don’t know. When in the company of friends there is a little more room for colourful language as they are familiar with the way you speak and are therefore less likely to be offended by a bad word.

A lot has been said about rap music and its influence on the young as many of the lyrics from this genre of music incorporate swear words. When swear words are used liberally on an album it will now come with a parental advisory sticker on it, which really moves the onus away from the music or the artist and onto the parents who ultimately decide whether their child can listen to the music at a young age or not.

this is a bbc page that looks into the origins of the Brittish swear words... http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A753527