there is a four letter slang word beginning with the letter "s" ( which the brits allow on their tv...how far from victoria we have fallen..but i digress ) which refers to offal...which is a correct word referring to what is in the porcelain water bowl that mr. thomas crapper is historically identified with...this is the history of this s word...in the days of coal fired ocean ships it was thought that the use of cow dung might be cheaper to burn ( and lighter to carry ) so it was stacked in pallets in the bottom of the ship...now all ships do leak to some degree ( hence the bilge pump ) anyway..seawater got into the stacked cow patties...the methane gas began to re-emerge...sailers, going for more fuel and taking lit lanterns to the hold blew up a few ships..it was finally understood that an open flame and methane gas can blow a ship up....but they did not want to give up on the cheap and available cow patties for fuel so they were moved higher up into the ship ( away from salt water ) and marked with the proper label, to wit. Store Higher In Transit..hence the fuel became known by the acronym of the safety warning..the "s" word...
My parents, ex-headmaster and headmistress, both double docotorates of 'philosophy' and 'law and English schools' never swore. Never permitted us to swear as children. Have now succumbed to using the S word. It is a part of daily life and is therefore a norm word. It is not slang, nor is it vulgar.
Often they use the word crap, but if tv is rubbish they will mildly say ' this is S, turn over.'
As it is not vulgar, a part of everyday language and used by most ; and as you rightly point out is permitted on English tv - then why isn't it permitted on an English website such as RHP?
Political correctness gone shut again! 😲
-m
Originally posted by reinfeldWell when you slam your toe into the bed leg you should therefore say "Oh Damn!"..... and be civil! 😛
to give in to gutter language is to sit in the gutter...i won't do it unless i slam my toe into the furniture...it is not political correctness...it is civility..and having an education does not make you civil...your actions make you civil...
Also, actions are not words in the true sense.... 😉
I have read somewhere that the "s" word's biggest claim to fame is that it has been the last word ever uttered by a large percentage of people facing violent death. (That is english speaking folk of course. In the case of french speakers the word becomes "merde!"😉 Same thing, different language. Wonder how many different language renditions of the same substance we could get away with using in the forum?
Originally posted by muppyman胡扯
I have read somewhere that the "s" word's biggest claim to fame is that it has been the last word ever uttered by a large percentage of people facing violent death. (That is english speaking folk of course. In the case of french speakers the word becomes "merde!"😉 Same thing, different language. Wonder how many different language renditions of the same substance we could get away with using in the forum?
Originally posted by reinfeldWhat a bunch of crap.
there is a four letter slang word beginning with the letter "s" ( which the brits allow on their tv...how far from victoria we have fallen..but i digress ) which refers to offal...which is a correct word referring to what is in the porcelain water bowl that mr. thomas crapper is historically identified with...this is the history of this s word...in the days ...[text shortened]... n Transit..hence the fuel became known by the acronym of the safety warning..the "s" word...