1. Parenting.
2. Education.
3. Reading.
4. Popular media.
5. Peers.
All contributing factors. I personally vary my vocabulary widely
depending on the context, though I'll never be able to pull of talking
like a street punk convincingly. I don't personally have a big problem
with the language I hear day to day, but then you and I live in
distinctly different places.
-Kevin
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:11:39 -0400, Michael Dinowitz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is it with people today? I'm listening to people I work with and they
> use language that years ago would not be considered appropriate, especially
> in a work environment. Then, when the 3 year old son of one of the owners
> comes in, the language does not change. When were the rules changed to allow
> 'curse words' into the vocabulary along side normal ones?
> I hear kids calling each other nigger, mother fucker, etc. When did these
> become terms of endearment? When did the rules of proper speech get thrown
> out? Was it when parents were stopped from washing their childrens mouths
> out with soap? And how does this excuse the adults? When did the rules
> change and why? (and more importantly, how can we change them back?)
>
>
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