KJ Re: use of strong language

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I wrote you back just now before reading this post. (which is probably a

good thing, or I may have never written my other post! LOL)

Never had a doctor discuss parts with me. I guess must be an indication of

my good health?

When my parents discussed parts, they apparently used bottom and other words

which I didn¹t¹ find offensive, yes .

I¹ve been around very professional people my whole life

I type apostrophes and I have NO Idea why they come out as numbers! They

don¹t always, just sometimes and its nothing I²m doing differently. If

anyone knows, please enlighten me! I¹m thinking it must be something wrong

with my keyboard, however that doesn't really seem to make sense, since on

my end they show up correctly , as apostrophes and what I typed, not the

little numbers and if I were to print this they would show correctly, so I

don¹t know where the error is coming in.......

If you would like any further clarification on anything I failed to address

just now, feel free to ask.

Chantelle

Ps-the people that do the demonstrating are retired. They do that job

because they do not want full time jobs at this juncture in their lives. I

guess you have never visited a store of this nature, so you would have had

no way of knowing that, but when I wrote my original post I was directing it

thinking that most people would be aware of this. Since this is an

international list, very likely, it was rather silly of me to assume that

however.

On 12/9/08 8:46 AM, " grumpygubbe " <grumpygubbe@...> wrote:

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> Chantelle wrote:

>> > I¹m so naïve that I had the impression that Canadians were somehow more

>> > civilized and used less bad language than some in the United States. I¹m

>> > obviously wrong. Did learn a lot from this discussion though!

>> > I¹m like Barbie......i don¹t¹ use them in my thought life or

>> > anywhere......my kids reprimand me if I ever say ³butt² instead of bottom

>> > and I sure coudlnt¹ get away with saying the word crap either! So we are

>> > very clean around here .

>> >

> Clean? (Freudian slip)?

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>> > Obviously I¹ve had a few friends in my life (by this age) that have used >>

the

>> > word bs or s before, but they know where I stand too, without me even

>> saying

>> > antyhing. It rarely happens, esp. lately.

>> >

> What words does your doctor use? Do they offend you?

>> > Along this same line, just a funny story, two guys shopping together in

>> > Costco the other day, one said the D word because the stuffed baked potato

>> > samples were not ready yet! I thought it was pretty silly to get that

>> worked

>> > up over a free sample. The lady giving them out said, ³if you are going to

>> > talk like that, you aren¹t going to get any when they ARE ready!² LOL

>> >

> Would that have been 'damn' (I have to ask because I don't get D') - no

> wonder she only got a job as a demonstrator!

>> > Now that¹s the Gone with the Wind word, and I think is has some appropriate

>> > or at least humorous contexts, but that really wasnt¹ one of them

>> >

> Tell me Chantelle - why are your posts interspersed with tiny numbers

> instead of apostrophes and such?

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> Best wishes

> KJ

>>> >> I agree... I never use such words in

>>> >> public, I don't in my private life...

>>> >> I don't even use them in my thought

>>> >> life ! There are so many words in the

>>> >> English language that will get the thought

>>> >> across without using vulgar words... Thanks !

>>> >>

>>> >>

>>>>>>> >>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Although I was not personally offended by the word BS.I wish

to

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> >>>>>> point

>>>>>>> >>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> out that we have an international group and in some cultures

the

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>> >>>> use

>>>>> >>>>

>>>>>>> >>>>>> of

>>>>>>> >>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> such words can be very offensive.

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My Dad once in extreme agitation while trying to change an

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> international flight with a phone representative from India ,

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> unfortunately used one of these strong words of exasperation,

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>> >>>> which

>>>>> >>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> meant little to him and was surprised to find how offended

the

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> opperator was when he used it.She let him know for several

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>> >>>> minutes

>>>>> >>>>

>>>>>>> >>>>>> how

>>>>>>> >>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> offended she was.After he had appologized profusely he did

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> >>>>>> eventually

>>>>>>> >>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> get his tickets changed , but it did take longer because of

the

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> slip...Words can mean different things to different people.

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So If we find a word we use has caused discomfort for someone

It

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> >>>>>> would

>>>>>>> >>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> be polite to avoid it ( to be saved for that extreme

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>> >>>> exasperation.

>>>>> >>>>

>>>>>>> >>>>>> lol).

>>>>>>> >>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> IN NC

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>

>>> >>