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Highlander1:

--- Quote from: "Jamin" ---Unfortunately its called evolution of language.
Without which we would be speaking a very different tongue.

Its only since the dictionary was formed and the standardisation of the English language that these things have begun to bee seen as wrong.

Words become commonly used and they lose there significance as being offensive (with some exceptions),  you would have been stoned to death a few hundred years ago for blasphemy. Now you can shout "Jesus" on receipt of your mechanics bill without a second thought.

Some start off as being common language and gradually become offensive. Apparently a London street used by prostitutes was once called GropeEDITe Lane, later renamed Threadneedle street.

Things are likely to get worse with Americanization (arrrgh a Z)  and TXT SPK!  :D
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Hi matey I think your right I had a couple of Swiss ladies in for B&B this morning they spoke in a french vocabulary it was strange to hear them mention <moderated> in it's modern abbreviated form many times in between their conversation to one and other.

I wonder if such very naughty abbreviations are common through out the World or if each country has it's own types in it's own language.

A bit like Gaelic here when we talk in Gaelic it is interrupted by words such as television or helicopter because no Gaelic word has evolved for such.

Fasinating subject.

Eeyore:
Fascinating as it is, it is getting a little too close to the knuckle in terms of content, so I'll ask nicely that folk step away from the keyboard for a mo and consider where they want this conversation to head.   :wink:

And if your quoting facts about the legitimate history of commonly used words (even if they are considered obscene by them that run this site), at least get your facts right and don't underestimate the influence of ancient Germanic languages.  :wink:

So, seriously, keep it spotlessly clean or it gets locked. Can't say fairer than that.  :wink:

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Wolfie:
Indeed it is an interesting subject, but one that needs to be treated with the utmost caution on a family friendly forum.

Also it's always worth a little research to determine whether certain theories as to to origins of words are true or in fact urban legends, I can heartily reccomend Snopes for this purpose, and indeed the OED, both of which indicate an origin in Germanic languages dating back to the 16th century as a word in it's own right rather than an acronym.

(no links provided as they would link to content that wouldn't be acceptable on here)

Jamin:
Duly noted


--- Quote from: "Highlander1" ---

I wonder if such very naughty abbreviations are common through out the World or if each country has it's own types in it's own language.


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I doubt it. As the moderators point out this is just a little too convenient. Majority of words currently used in the english language originate from mainland europe. I think the rest of the world use the same subjects for insults but have their own words. Nowadays im sure the western influence will mean they will be using exactly same as us.  


--- Quote from: "Highlander1" ---

A bit like Gaelic here when we talk in Gaelic it is interrupted by words such as television or helicopter because no Gaelic word has evolved for such.

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Unfortunately those very English sounding words are the Gaelic evolution. Hard as im sure it is to hear, they are part of the language now.
Same as it is in Welsh and probably many other languages.
Just as, for example the very french word "Rendezvous" is now accepted as part of the English language

Wanderer:
Or as George Bush put it.

What is the French for entrepreneur.

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