benjamin1945 16,225 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 When Donna (wife) 1st came to Nottingham she could'nt believe the amount of everyday swearing she heard,i do believe Nottingham is the swearing capital of England. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 825 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 What is swearing then? I use profane/foul language regularly according to how I need to vent my frustrations.......... I usually moderate that when in the hearing of others. When in the company of mates then ....................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,292 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 I never heard my Mum or Dad swear. Not even a good old Nottingham favorite 'bleddy'. Never heard any of my large family swear either. When I was at Bentink Rd infants school I was called an f ing c..t. by a lads who I had just pushed off a dustbin. When I got home that day mam shouted at me for something and I called her the same as I had heard at school. She burst out crying. I was quite shocked at the affect those words had on Mam. Through sobs she made me promise never to say those words again. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 I got a slap from me Dad for saying 'Blimey'. He said it meant the oath, 'God blind me.' Oh - who knew? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 My dad was a foul mouthed miner, he was the only man I knew who could swear for half an hour and never use the same word twice......I never ever use bad language because of this... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Sorry to be dim (default position). I can visualise the examples in the above, but - - what`s a 'chav' then? I suspect that some of my grandchildren can be described thus. Is it dress? education? social class? (surely not). I ask because a pair of my grandchildren were heard to use the term to describe others of the family. Is it me? Is it genetic? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Picture this, EileenH. A young lad about 12 years of age and 4 ½ feet high, baseball cap at ninety degrees in an imitation Adidas tracksuit with trouser legs tucked into his socks. This lad is strutting around, fag in one hand, jewellery all over the place, outside McDonald's. He's acting as if he is 8 foot tall and built like a rugby player when some poor unsuspecting adult (about 17/18) walks round the corner wanting to go to McDonald's for his dinner and glances at the young lad. The young lad jumps up in complete disgust and says “Whats your problem? Wanna make sommin of it? Bling Bling.” When the adult starts to walk towards the young lad, the young lad pisses himself and runs off to either his pregnant 14-year-old girlfriend, or his brother in the army, crying his eyes out. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 My dad died young (54) but in all the time I knew him I only ever heard him swear once ! he was a builder/bricklayer and was chopping an old brickwall with a chisel and lump hammer to fit a lintel in to put a new door in an old barn, I was helping him but asked something at the wrong time, he hit hit thumb with the hammer on the chisel literally bursting the end including the nail. His language then contained two words I knew but had never heard him utter before, one was beginning with F the other was B ! a trip to A & E for some remdial work and a few stitches and he was back at work. If my mum or brother ever swore we got a clip around the ear by mum, nowadays it's just the norm, I still detest women swearing. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 I thought "CHAV" meant, Council Housed And Violent !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,653 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 I remember when I were a nipper I swore in the presence of me dad, he gave me a clout and said "I'll teach you to swear me lad" I got another one when I told him "But I already knew how to swear dad" Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 #32 Oh - - - thanks Michael. I can certainly picture that little character! Probably seen him and his like around. Are chavs a modern phenomenon then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 In our day they would have been called juvenile delinquents ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 You can keep all your fancy swear words, I'll stick to the one that servers me best: a hearty, deeply felt, B*LLOCKS! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 And here's me thinking you'd be a "Oh, golly" man, Compo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Dad a miner had one swear word when at home 'bugger' though it was always said slowly and was obviously deeply felt. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Re #39 - Michael, I am shocked! - Don't you realise how un-PC "golly" is these days? It has terrible racist conotations...etc. etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Word Origin and History for golly euphemism for God, first recorded 1775, in a source that refers to it as "a sort of jolly kind of oath, or asseveration much in use among our carters, & the lowest people." For everyone who is supposedly overly PC there are 10 people claiming that the PC brigade will be offended by things that aren't going to offend anyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 That's good then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 You can keep all your fancy swear words, I'll stick to the one that servers me best: a hearty, deeply felt, B*LLOCKS! When you use that word, it stops people in their tracks because there is no answer to it............ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 #44. Yes there is. I knew someone who used to say in reposte 'They made a man of me, they made a mess of you'. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 I like it when someone that you've been staring at says 'What you looking at' , and you answer 'Not much ' . That baffles em ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 So does, "Dunno, the label`s dropped off." - although that usually annoys rather than baffles them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 #41: Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly, Golly: And to balance it up for the PC folk: 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Not for ladies ladies! The Grammar Mug Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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