Here's my original comment:
http://eled699.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/fucking-fuckity-fuck-fuck.html
"I’m not going to lie but your title definitely brought me to your post!
I
was pretty excited to study this, and seeing the word fuck on the
screen in tutorials made me giggle a little, but my friends in other
degrees continue to suggest that my degree is useless because who in
their right mind would study profanities. Well, jokes on them because it
is kind of useful!
It’s interesting to see that the words
changes depending on the context that it is used in, and another similar
one I find (specific to the Australian context) is ‘root’, which is
essentially the same as fuck, but when I’ve said this in front of
Americans they’ve been extremely confused. Again, this is a highly
contextual word, and I think this ‘context’ relates to the notion of
identity. To my parents and employers I probably would not use any swear
words mainly because the way they see me is different to that of my
friends and colleagues, even then, I usually say shit and reserve fuck
for heavier circumstances.
I’m just now trying to think of words
that I would use if I wanted to insult someone, but to be honest I
cannot really think of any besides the c word, but even then it’s
becoming more and more conversational within my friendship circles. But
even looking at this context, I don’t want to write the actual word
because some people still see it as extremely inappropriate and I don’t
really want to cause offence to anyone as I’m simply writing a comment
on a stranger’s blog!
Anyway, nice reflective blog, it was very effective in stimulating some thoughts for me so thanks for that! "
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