How the word f*ck has become important

[rajan]

Dear All,

I want to share this speech with you given by OSHO.

How the word f*ck has become important in English langauage, you can see in this video, explained by Osho. I happend to find this video in a site while searching something on spirituality. You would find it funny as well as knowledgable.

YouTube - OSHO - Strange Consequences

[Mad-ox]

hi,

Great! It's both funny and sad, but unfortunately this is reality; Nowdays the American dream has spread throught the whole world. By American dream I mean to get rich not spiritually but physically; that money can buy love and happiness. A wonderful example of this( get rich not spiritually but physically) is in the novel "The Great Gatsby" by Fitzgerald. So it is clear why this word f#ck has become more used than the word God.


best wishes,

Madox

[blouen]

Truly and sadly, it has been so common I think that people has substituted the "full stop" with words like f*ck. Here in the Philippines, there is one expression (Put*ng-ina-mo) used just like f*ck. It literally means "Your a son of a harlot", that I think has a counterpart in the US... I think the world's changed mostly from morality to absurdity........

I could live my whole life without using that word once.

[mary joe]

Because it is so common that even children use that word though they didn´t know the meaning of it. Sometimes I find myself using it unconsciously. I think a lot of people don´t regard it as a bad word anymore.

[Tdol]

Many still do, though.

[mary joe]

But people generally accept it as an everyday expression.

[blouen]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Many still do, though.

I admire those people who can distinguish good and bad words.

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Yes you are right blouen I agree with you
maybe someday I used some word to one man but I realy I haven't the true meaning because I don't know what does it meaning I'm just listened it in ones of English films
thanks

[blouen]

That's why it really helps to consult the dictionary first before using a new learned word...

[Tdol]

Originally Posted by mary joe

But people generally accept it as an everyday expression.

Many speakers think that no sentence is complete without it.