Profanity
joannie
2,294 Posts
Wondering why the editors allowed the feature article on the weekly e-zine to use asshole in the article and we all use $8%#? A reason besides the obvious "It was in the title of the book".
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Celeste Blackburn
I dont mind profanity on the forum if there is a legitimate purpose. We are all adults. We can handle it.
Was there a particular name you wanted to call someone, Joannie?
It is jarring to read a profane word when reading a business document. If it's the title of a book, I suppose it's appropriate to use the actual word when referring to the title. Otherwise one wonders if the title actually includes the word "asshole" or does the title actually use #$@%&;*$?
We ask our teachers to use the actual word spoken when they are writing parent notes about childrens behavior.
For example, if a teacher reports a child saying "(the f word) you" we ask them to actually write the word. If they write "$%&@ you" it could be interpreted to mean "screw you" or something else.
The parents need to know specifics so they can address it with their children. Also helps with the older children who have learned to manipulate when the facts are unclear.
Personally, I'd like to see our culture move towards being more polite and courteous. So, I guess any limiting of profanity is probably a good thing.
Still, its fun to call HRQ a @#*&;%$@#!!
I'd like to see our culture just use more discretion regarding where and when they choose to use some kinds of language. My language is not squeaky clean 100% of the time, but it is around my kids, around people I don't know, at work (mostly) and when I am writing anything other than personal emails...
And Paul is a $%&#head. (That's "poopiehead," people!)
The child's name sounded like Sha-theed. But there was no hyphen, they used an i instead of an a in the first part, and they spelled the last part head instead of heed. I could just imagine the teasing that poor kid got in school.
Like everything else, it is all in the eye of the beholder (or listener). I really prefer not to hear any but the mildest of swearwords, and only then on occassion. But, I am an old prude so what else can you expect? 8-|
You have 2 girls, right? Remember what you did to get those 2 girls? Remember when you were 16 or 17 and out on a date? Remember what you tried to do with that 15 or 16 year old girl? Now, think of your daughters at 16 out on a date. Wouldn't you sleep better knowing they had birth control pills slipped in their morning o.j.?
Am I inviting enough wrath onto myself with this comment?
BTW, I love my wife and she doesn't fit the stereotype; whatever that is.....
[url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-sex01aug01,0,649209.story?coll=chi-newsopinion-hed[/url]
(also at: [url]http://tinyurl.com/yuqqg3[/url] , since this forum won't hyperlink the entire URL)
Though it's more like the 237 reasons that some people said they've had sex.
are you ready?
horny.
But speaking of books, did anyone read the latest Harry Potter? I didn't either but thought I'd ask...
I just finished reading the "[URL="http://forum.hrlaws.com/showthread.php?t=67515"]pet peeves[/URL]" thread in the "Around the Water Cooler" forum and one of the main themes is words that are used improperly. I would assume that for most of us, swear words are improper for the workplace.
Do any of you have a policy that states that? Have you ever had to address it with an employee? Or what about a higher-up with bad language?
When I worked in the newsroom at a newspaper, swearing was the culture (especially for those of us there after 5 putting the paper to bed). When I came to work here, I really had to watch myself and be mindful of my language, which is a good thing.