On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:53:09 EDT, der Mouse said: > The actual reasons to avoid strong language (I gather "swearing" here > is meant to include all sufficiently strong language, including > vulgarities, obscenities, and curses as well as oaths) are more > complicated and fuzzier, and I think it's actually closer to "use the > correct register for the context" more than "avoid certain words" - and > some registers basically just don't use certain words (a phenomenon not > restricted to strong language, either; some of the more informal > registers in English don't use "utilize", for example).
And of course, there's the register we use when we have just stubbed our toe. ;)
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