You don't Curse do you?

[Acolyte]

I swear in Mandarin Chinese. Not because I speak Mandarin, but because I've watched one...uh...hundred too many episodes of Firefly.

I bite my tongue at work, although curses have been known to sneak out sometimes. Depending on who I'm around, I try and contain it-more sensitive friends, my Mom's family and such, I hold back. Less sensitive friends who swear like me, my Dad's side of the family and such, a few usually get thrown in. When I'm frustrated, especially when I'm tinkering (ESPECIALLY on my Autococker), I can make anybody blush. I could probably give Mysty or wagegoth a run for their respective monies.

[CreepyCarrie]

Ha, I curse all the time at work, even the four letter variety. One of my supervisors curses even more than I do, which is to say A LOT. Never in front of a manager though, and very rarely do I do it in front of customers, although sometimes if one of them is being a particularly nasty little troll-muffin I will mutter something like "a$$hole" under my breath.

[air914]

I don't curse and it always infuriated me when people would find out and then would ASK me to curse..... like I was some stupid little child "say *$#*", say "$*#@", just say it - say it, it's no big deal, come on just say it!"

AUGH!!!!! Leave me alone!! I choose not to swear. I think it's unprofessional - especially in a work environment, I find certain swears extremely offensive (such as adding an explitive to the name of God), and I just think there are other words in the English language that are more original. Also, the words themselves aren't usually used correctly anyway...

However, I live in the world and I know people swear. If every other word is a swear, I may ask someone if they would mind toning down their language as I find it offensive. If they don't, then the only thing I'll ask is that they don't use God's name in their explitives. Usually people have been pretty good about respecting that around me. I really hate when I'm around people at work, or in an interview, or even when I'm purchasing something (in one case, a gym membership), and the other person around me starts swearing. I just find it completely unprofessinal in a sales pitch or during an interview - you don't know what I believe, you don't know what might upset me, why would you risk losing a sale by swearing?? Or why would you act so unprofessional as the interviewer that I wouldn't want to work for your company b/c I can already tell you're probably not very competent in your job if you can't even professionally conduct an interview??

I'm not saying I'm perfect - I just chose not to start swearing and so it's not hard for me to "watch" myself in certain situations... and if you choose to swear, that's certainly your choice and you have the right to do so, but I think you should try to expand your vocabulary so that in a professional setting you don't resort to cursing as a way to express yourself.

[Andara Bledin]

I will sometimes swear in Japanese or Finnish.

Japanese because I watch a lot of subbed anime.

Finnish 'cause "puska" has a much nicer ring to it than "shit."

^-.-^

[Kara]

My daddy used to curse up a storm when I was growing up. So I did too, in the presence of my friends. These days, it kind of depends on what company I'm with. Family = no cursing. Children/elderly = ditto. Friends = As much as (but not more than) any of them do. Alone = depends on the situation, though generally under my breath. Rage causes it to become quite elevated, and sadly, I inherited a short fuse from daddy (yet somehow, I can keep it subdued at work).

[Ringtail Z28]

I curse all the time. It was fairly common when I worked at Wal Mart. At Target it was like one of the Clerks movies the things they would talk about in front of customers. In the office it's different, it's way more pussified than the real world.

[Noelegy]

I swear in Mandarin Chinese. Not because I speak Mandarin, but because I've watched one...uh...hundred too many episodes of Firefly.

Heh!!

I'd love to know the translations of some of the things Amy mutters on "Futurama." Or the song she sings, fingers stuck in her ears, in the episode where Fry's head is grafted to her shoulders and Fry asks if he can speak to Leela "alone."

[MadMike]

I'm another one who can cuss up a storm, especially when some inanimate object (i.e. computer) doesn't cooperate, or when some idiot driver shows his idiocy. Somehow, "Oh darn!" just doesn't cut it when I'm angry.

I tried to keep it under control around my son when he was little, and realized I was failing miserably when, at the tender age of 3, he called me a "stupid asshole", and explained that "you say it in the car."

He's 13 now, so I don't really care anymore. He does it too, and as long as he knows where not to do it, it's cool. We'll even joke around sometimes. He'll be playing a video game and mess up, and let a few words fly. In response, I'll jokingly tell him to "watch his fucking language!"

[Phoenix79]

I curse like a sailor. Not at work, or around my Grandparents, though.

Mike - your post reminded me of a funny story my Grandma told me. I promise it relates to the thread . . .

When I was around 3, I was with Grandma and Grandpa in the car. I was sitting between them in the front seat and acting like I was driving the car, when someone cut off my Grandpa and he honked his horn at them.

"Assholes!!!" I yell at the top of my little three year old lungs.
"Honey! Little girls don't say words like that." Grandma tells me.
"My Daddy do." I reply with a grin.

And that, my friends, was the beginning of a very long, happy relationship between myself and cursing. :-)

Phoenix

[Kitten in the box]

I usually try and refrain from cussing at work but when I am on the phone with my friends I tend to curse alot. Also If I bang my head or smash my fingers I will usually yell out "Stupid F*ckin' D*ckhead!" or F*cker! but thats when I am in major pain for what I did.

[myswtghst]

I always wait until the customer has hung up--I'll chat with the phone on mute, but I won't risk cussing, just in case, gotta cover my a$$.

When I worked at the vet, it was hard to refrain when you got bitten, but you did what you had to, bit your tongue, and ran outside to yell afterwards.

[Sliceanddice]

I swear in chinese because of firefly too, and few other words i learned on my own free will. I speak a few curse words in portaguise and russian, and i use them.

But i do speak a little Chinese......

[Brynhild]

I swear in Mandarin Chinese. Not because I speak Mandarin, but because I've watched one...uh...hundred too many episodes of Firefly.

Hee! Go Browncoats! I'm working on memorizing more phrases... I just hope I don't accidentally say it in front of someone who speaks it fluently ~_~ I don't swear at work (except for the rare occurrences when it slips out before I can stop it), and my mom would thwap me if she ever heard me utter a single curse word, but when I'm hanging out around friends I'm not shy about sprinkling it into my language.

A quote from my friend Rain, as she said once on break with a cigarette between her fingers, "I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't sleep around, I don't even swear, goddammit!"

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I try not to curse too much at work, especially after I got yelled at by the store manager for letting an F-bomb slip in the backroom, but sometimes they just slip out.

It's kind of a bad habit I have. In junior high I discovered I could swear without impunity, so my vocabulary increased by a little more than it should have.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Heh. I've learned the F-word can be used as a noun, a verb, an adverb, an adjective, an interjection, and occasionally a pronoun if you're really creative.