Here it is. The swearing episode of Words Unravelled. My dear granny would be so ashamed. youtu.be/NqvT3gVz2aw - ThreadSky

robwords.bsky.social • 75 days ago

Here it is.

The swearing episode of Words Unravelled.

My dear granny would be so ashamed.
https://youtu.be/NqvT3gVz2aw

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psiphiorg.bsky.social•74 days ago

My favorite bit from the episode!
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxrOksjZRuWl4YG0Cnpbpi-EAbtbel0fE8

psiphiorg.bsky.social•74 days ago

And, re: this other exchange:

"So there are some scholars that suggest that the 'butt' sense of 'ass'--"
"Scholars!"
"I mean--somebody's studying butts."

Would these be proctolinguists?

robwords.bsky.social•71 days ago

I specifically said...

bob-garner.bsky.social•71 days ago

Listening now, and sharing. Thank You!

robwords.bsky.social•71 days ago

Thank you!

phil.co•75 days ago

All that swearing crashed my media player!

leegordon.bsky.social•75 days ago

Do not adjust your screen. Rob really is that shade of red.

lucidean.bsky.social•75 days ago

📌

katylark.bsky.social•68 days ago

I loved this episode so much - the fan use was hilarious!
However, as a 60 y/o Essexer, I don't think in SE England we use 'arse' pn for 'ass'. For me ass in non-donkey sense would only ever be an appropriation of the US usage, & thus marked.
(Yorkshire husband concurs; thinks it's generational.)

mandytebbutt.bsky.social•74 days ago

Y'all. that was awesome. My kid needed one of those fans.

mandytebbutt.bsky.social•74 days ago

My kid and I have been waiting for this one. I love how effortless Jess swears and Rob's fan was the best.

jamesjdominguez.bsky.social•71 days ago

Indeed, Jess swears like an Australian! I was extremely impressed.

klaatu82.bsky.social•75 days ago

My dad was into sports, which is how I know most of these... but...

Mike Hunt, sheriff of Aiken, SC
Dick Trickle of NASCAR fame
Dick Butkus who recently died in 2023
Harry Baals... who died in 1956
Rusty Kuntz... who's still alive

And that classic song from 1931…

https://youtu.be/x359GgVRWaE?si=w5a_wf7aCWl1Wcq9

jamesjdominguez.bsky.social•71 days ago

I love the old story from the days before Australia's Country Party renamed itself to the National Party. The (possibly apocryphal) tale goes that a stuffy conservative in Parliament said, "I'm a Country member-" and a Labor larrikin interrupted with a snappy "Yeah, we remember."

robwords.bsky.social•74 days ago

10/10. Poor Rusty.

klaatu82.bsky.social•75 days ago

My grandma would say that words are just words… it’s the meaning behind them that matters. A minced oath is just as bad… or not… as cussing. Choose your words carefully… but never be afraid to pepper your prose with punctuated profanity.

jamesjdominguez.bsky.social•71 days ago

I love that a proper scientific study found evidence that swearing helps people to withstand pain and discomfort for longer. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526590011007620

klaatu82.bsky.social•75 days ago

"Motherfuckin' kids these days..."

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