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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15548 01/14/01 07:05 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >The interesting thing about the "F" word (don't you just love the convolutions we go through to get around four little letters?) I'm pretty sure that we are not "allowed" to post this word by HAL, our trusty computer. I'll just check it out ...fuck Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15549 01/14/01 07:07 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 > I'll just check it out ...f*** Wrong again. Big brother must have gone for a nap! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15550 01/14/01 10:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Funny, it has been a couple of hours since my **** post and I still haven't been hit with any excruciating pain. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15551 01/14/01 10:09 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 jmh gloated Funny, it has been a couple of hours since my **** post and I still haven't been hit with any excruciating pain. Meanwhile, my eyes are still burning, and I haven't been able to stop retching since! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15552 01/14/01 10:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 >Meanwhile, my eyes are still burning, and I haven't been able to stop retching since! It just goes to show the power of a word, doesn't it? Strange how a combination of curved and straight lines can have such an effect. I wonder if there is an antidote? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15553 01/15/01 09:40 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England I wonder if there is an antidote? There is, kcuf. I think it's Klingon, ask Jackie for a translation ... The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15554 01/15/01 01:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky There is, kcuf. I think it's Klingon, ask Jackie for a translation ... C'mere a minute, buddy, and I'll "translate" you! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15555 01/15/01 06:17 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 In reply to: It just goes to show the power of a word, doesn't it? Strange how a combination of curved and straight lines can have such an effect. What intrigues me is the impact that context has on making a word acceptable or unacceptable. As much as I loathe "fuck" (see, I can type it!), I am very comfortable using the correct pronunciation of the Maori "whaka", an extremely common element in Maori places names, and which, when said properly sounds just like "fuck a". I guess it's the vulgarity, paucity of imagination, and aggression so often displayed in the use of the Anglo-Saxon version that offends me, that makes it sound so ugly. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15556 01/15/01 11:18 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Soooo ... d'y'wanna do Maori obscenties instead? (He asked dubiously, eyeing his politically-correct-and-therefore-almost-completely-but-not-exactly-useless Maori dictionary). Beside, where I come from it's more like "farka" than "fucka". The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words that inflict excruciating pain #15557 01/16/01 06:30 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. J juanmaria member juanmaria member J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. Funny, it has been a couple of hours since my **** post and I still haven't been hit with any excruciating pain. Windows is formatting your hard disk. Please wait... Anna. Yes, I know that Macs are immune from curses of any kind. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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