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Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on February 05, 2018, 06:07 PM:

Trigger by the other thread about bad language I am curios to know in the real life when actually people start using those swearing bad languages?

I am not an English speakers so have no idea.

The reason of my question because I was watching a movie set up in 1930s era and shows people were using those swearing (F*, M* F*, A** etc) which make me think if this is a movie mistake (goofs) or it is actually the case.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on February 05, 2018, 06:28 PM:

As far as when I start using them:

Spilled Coffee: No
Spilled Beer: Depends on the beer
Spilled Paint: Every Time!
Drop wrench on floor: No
Drop wrench on foot: Oh yeah!
Drop wrench on head: I'm not sure (can't remember!)
Huge balance on credit card: depends who ran it up!
Around a child: Never
Around a teenager: More often than I'd like.
Around an Adult: Less than a teenager!

As far as when they entered the language? They say the curse words are often among the oldest English words we have!

What's acceptable in polite conversation changes, what's said behind the scenes never does.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on February 06, 2018, 12:09 PM:

Winbert ...

Actually, until around 1933, Hollywood got away with a good deal of foul language, (the production code came into play largely due, to legend, Mae West and Betty Boop!) ...

I even remember a number of cartoons, (early warners toons, for instance), where the "F" word was used! No kidding.

... as well as naughty "backwards dialogue" smutty jokes. One of them was very funny, as the animated Hippo (who is a lady) says some obviously backwards dialogue, and if you play that part of the cartoon backwards, the lady was referring to a well known at the time "speak easy" that had a, shall we say, "checkered past".

In fact, here is that clip ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXp9QZIp7Gk

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on February 06, 2018, 02:00 PM:

Many of these words were adapted from Dutch & German usage and made their appearance in english at least as far back as the 14th century.

Please note that this is merely a cursory history.....!

Doug

Posted by Brian Fretwell (Member # 4302) on February 07, 2018, 03:41 AM:

It is said that more people started using them in Britain after Kenneth Tynan used one on live TV (Supposedly the first time, but Miriam Margoles has said she said it first on University Challenge).

Posted by Allan Broadfield (Member # 2298) on February 07, 2018, 06:22 AM:

As I said in the other thread, Brian, us kids were swearing like troopers in the playground in the fifties, and I was shocked later to find the adults at it when I started work.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on February 07, 2018, 11:17 AM:

"Cursory History"

Good one, Doug! [Big Grin]

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