Author Topic: Vulgarity is all about contextuality  (Read 870 times)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ZnUqYq-gU
Now go copulate thy selves as I do not wish to provide a defecation on the subject at hand.
Go forget your selves cause I don't give a stuff.

so, bad words are bad because poor people used them

so, bad words are bad because poor people used them
According to his research I guess so, I just thought the video made quite a bit of logical sense.

do you bite your thumb at me sir?

do you bite your thumb at me sir?
No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you sir; but I bite my thumb, sir.


This is really cool, nice find.

It does not explain why Scheisse is still a vulgar term in German.

Neither does it explain why schmuck is such a taboo term.

do you bite your thumb at me sir?
No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you sir; but I bite my thumb, sir.
Did me good to read this

And yeah, profanity is weird.