Actually, I never understood this... People who replace their swearing with
"safe" expressions... I mean, you're still swearing in your heart, yeah? and
for that, you'll burn in hell... i mean i will... or, i mean, at least, i'm
an honest swearer... i think now, we can distinguish between swearing and
taking the lord's name in vain...
If you say bulls&$% or bullspit, your intentions are the same...
There're alotta closet cursers out there...
--
Bob Marcacci
The reading of all good books is like a conversation
with the finest men of past centuries.
- Rene Descartes
> From: MC Ward <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 18:01:06 -0700
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: SNAP & CROP FILM STILLS: EARLY
>
> Barry, I'd guess that "what the fudge" is a polite
> expression of "what the fuck," and, just as "jeezum
> crow" replaces "Jesus Christ," it allows for swearing
> without actually doing so. (I grew up Catholic and my
> young coreligonists and I used to argue about how
> close you could get to swearing--and thus to
> sinning--with such "polite" expressions.) My favorite
> is "jeez Louise."
>
> Candice
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