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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:33 PM Original message |
Poll question: Are using curse words and being literate mutually exclusive? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Using curse words well requires literacy |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Apparently. But those people suck fucking ass |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That's disgusting! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Only when makin' love. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Is it hard to curse, read, and make love all at once? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. it depends on what you're reading... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. that's just a lie spread by wimpy english teachers. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Or nineteenth century schoolmarms |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. That would depend on whether you are a child or an adult. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's an incorrect assumption |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Just because you did it doesn't make it excuseable. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. No, it isn't just me |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. It has nothing to do with snobbery or status. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. No, but misspelling IS a sign of illiteracy! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Ahahaha... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. You know, anyone , even the brightest of us can misspell a word, |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. I laughed at a joke. Sorry I hurt your feelers. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. My child is quite literate, thank you. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Are you always this extreme and snarky, or is this just my lucky day? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Ooooooooh... "I hope you're not this way around your child." |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Of fucking course not |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. dude... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I love your fucking ass, too |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. fuckin' a, yo! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. Literacy only enhances your potty mouth range. |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. No, in the absolute sense curse words and literacy are not mutually exclusive, but |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The effect that a curse word 'should' have... |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I wouldn't say it's shameful to use a curse word too often |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Bingo |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. "eloquent profanity" |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I think this needs a copy edit |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. No, I've always argued that profanity should be a privilege of the articulate |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. obviously NOT |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. Nope. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. billyskank! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. *smoosh* back |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. Fuck no. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hell no! |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. WHO WANTS TO F-IN KNOW?? |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. Fuck yes. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "felch effluvia" |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. What can I say? |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. "Cocknecked"??? Damn, that's a new one to me! |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. That would be news to Jeff Chaucer, Bill Shakespeare and |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't believe so. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Is 'wag' a good or bad thing to call someone? |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Wag: |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. My grandfather used to say... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Ahhhhh... at last! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Well.... yeah. It was me. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Easy to be honest... easier to avoid! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Wow - the total opposite of my experience. And I frequent the top philosophy depts in the world... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. That sounds so sexy. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. And there's plenty of cussing to boot! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Cussing intellectuals... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. lol! Being around us drinking might just be too much for you then. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. in the best way possible! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Well, I'm the first to admit that I don't... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. As my grandmother used to say... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Sounds like a woman who didn't talk to often... |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. Goddamnit, why the hell would you fucking think of such a shitty thing? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
50. No, using curse words just means you're low class. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. Fuckin hope not, sayeth the Ph.D. Philosophy, M.S. Mathematics person. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
58. I've seen studies where the use of too many expletives reduces vocabulary size. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Well hello there! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. How are you? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-02-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Fuckin great, thanks! How the hell are you? |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
62. Redqueen, I fear our society is being ruined |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
65. It does make one seem more ignorant |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
66. cursers are freepers |
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MysticalChicken (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
69. No... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
70. no |
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