jeffjarvis, 5 months ago I was once dumped from the BBC for saying "crap," which I thought would be preferable to "shit," but apparently not.... Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/06/swearing-is-becoming-more-widely-acceptable-linguistics-experts-claim?CMP=share_btn_tw
I was once dumped from the BBC for saying "crap," which I thought would be preferable to "shit," but apparently not.... Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/jan/06/swearing-is-becoming-more-widely-acceptable-linguistics-experts-claim?CMP=share_btn_tw
BenCotterill, 5 months ago @jeffjarvis @lisamelton Love the video link. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bbcs-mishal-husain-swears-seven-31787491
@jeffjarvis @lisamelton Love the video link. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bbcs-mishal-husain-swears-seven-31787491
fheinderyckx, 5 months ago @jeffjarvis Ghastly.
@jeffjarvis
Ghastly.
tleekeene, 5 months ago @jeffjarvis Milton Berle could NOT say HELLicopter on tv!
@jeffjarvis Milton Berle could NOT say HELLicopter on tv!
LillyHerself, 5 months ago @jeffjarvis A few years ago I got criticised for being so sweary, which puzzled me, so I asked what it was I said they found offensive. "You say 'bloody' all the time" I had no idea that bloody was considered a swear word. I thought it was just "British".
@jeffjarvis A few years ago I got criticised for being so sweary, which puzzled me, so I asked what it was I said they found offensive.
"You say 'bloody' all the time"
I had no idea that bloody was considered a swear word. I thought it was just "British".
shoq, 5 months ago @jeffjarvis I’m old enough to remember when “fuck” was a profanity-too-far in Hollywood. Now it’s almost a script prerequisite. I’m waiting for same in TV and journalism.
@jeffjarvis I’m old enough to remember when “fuck” was a profanity-too-far in Hollywood. Now it’s almost a script prerequisite. I’m waiting for same in TV and journalism.
flargh, 5 months ago @jeffjarvis Proud to say that I was decades ahead of the fuckin' curve, blazing trails from the time I hit adolescence.
@jeffjarvis Proud to say that I was decades ahead of the fuckin' curve, blazing trails from the time I hit adolescence.
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