On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:42:39 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> "Nonnymus" > wrote in message
>>
>> Of course it's for "show." Like Nailshooter says, real men on a jobsite
>> don't talk that way. I worked construction since high school and have
>> covered the gamut of trade-type work situations. Very rarely have I
>> encountered that type of locker room trash talk.
>
> Sadly, the "f" work is becoming very popular with young men and even women.
> Seems as though the 16 to 30 year olds think nothing of using it in every
> sentence. IMO, it just degrades the user, but they don't think anything of
> it.

it also degrades the word itself through overuse. i find the word
'****ing' useful, usually for emphasis and sometimes for rhythm. but when
used too often, as, say, in 'pulp fiction,' it just becomes distracting.

your pal,
blake

blake wrote on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:16:44 GMT:

> it also degrades the word itself through overuse. i find the
> word '****ing' useful, usually for emphasis and sometimes for
> rhythm. but when used too often, as, say, in 'pulp fiction,'
> it just becomes distracting.

I'd eat practically anything Ramsay prepared but only if I did not have
to listen to him making it.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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