Why do people say "pardon my french" after swearing/cursing/cussing?
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This phrase, in which French refers to "bad language", is employed when the speaker feels compelled to use an obscenity despite having listeners who might be offended.  It's a late 19th century euphemism which first appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1895.\n\nIt is thought that the term French is employed in this sense as it already had a history of association with things considered vulgar.  As far back as the early 16th century, French pox and the French disease were synonyms for genital herpes, and French-sick was another term for syphillis.  The OED [Oxford English Dictionary] also equates the adjective French with "spiciness", as in French letter for "condom", French kiss (1923) and French (i. e. "sexually explicit")
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It is an often misquoted as m'aider, for 'help me' in French isn't really used. That would be 'aidez moi'. However this distress call is a phonetic representation of the French m'aider, literally help me. In this case the change from the French is deliberate and not a result of corruption over the years. Its use dates to the 1927 International Radio Telegraph Convention. (Or at least that's when its use was codified; it may have been in unofficial use prior to that.)
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In my opinion, cussing only plays a part in who will listen to these songs.  Like myself for example.  I dislike swearing in songs.  It's not necessary.  So I don't listen to songs with swearing.  Other people may not care so they listen to it.  Hope I helped you!
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Because they don't understand that word order, tenses, etc. may be different in different lands. The same would be true if an English-speaking person tried using perhaps Spanish or French for the first time: it would sound funny to a Spanish or French-speaking person.
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It would be a faux pas to use the word "tetchy" incorrectly.\n\nIs it a faux pas not to know what the word "tetchy" means?!?!?!?\n\nI'll give you a faux pas up your ass if you tetchy me!\n\nI looked it up :)...\nI become tetchy when my husband makes a faux pas.
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Same reason they start sentences with "Honestly" or "I swear to god".\n\nAnd it's not just Americans.\n\nBTW, did you know that when someone is being dishonest, they are more likely to invoke the name of god?
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I don't know. Maybe that's because they think people should be able to understand them. Personally, I only shorten laughing out loud, you know, lol, or curses "WTF?" If I'm responding to someone who contacts me, I shorten because to b/c, with to w/, an without to w/out because there are only so many characters you can use. These type of abbreviations are okay on question since there is also a limit of characters. However, I think there are some people who just don't realize there's a "check spelling" right there. It's amazing to see how many totally illiterate people there are out there.
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I am British and the word, (bloody) over there is used just like the word: damn. Example: Tell those bloody kids to shut up! But I don't know what, sodding means.
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It's 'soi-disant'.  It's french, and basically translates to 'self-saying'.  It means so-called or self-styled.
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vulgar curse words in the 1st century  were invented by the French. the f word comes from focation with means intercouse
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I say cheers when leaving or in receipt of something, like as in "Thank you."\n\nWhy do i say this? \n\nBecause its of local accent
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It is laziness and a way to cover up for the fact that they can't spell properly. If you look at the other words in their sentences, you will generally see that the ones using these "slang" spellings have also misspelled many of the other words they have written.  The "slang" spellings originated in the chat rooms and chat programs, and now appears to be the lazy persons way to spell. Chat rooms and chat programs have made it easy for these people to communicate without putting forth any effort to learn to spell properly.
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No manners at all. They should atleast have waited til you guys left to make those comments. My guess is they were purposely trying to get a reaction. Some people are so stupid they don't think before they speak. Maybe one day they will run into the wrong person someone not as kind as your family.
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Because bad language is not considered proper.  Would you swear when talking to your parents, teachers, or at work to you boss or customers?
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it's the French word for harassment / harassing
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Hmm, kind of like this?  "Why do people correct you and then say exactly what you were saying?"\n\nMaybe they are trying to help you learn grammar, spelling, and syntax.  Just a thought.
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I've always thought it didn't make sense. Truth is, a lot of profanities were once perfectly acceptable words. 'C---' was used by Chaucer in the Canterbury Tales, and is the derivation of the word 'quaint' (and rhymes with how the word would have sounded in Middle English). A 'W---' was American military slang for a bed in WW2, and I'm sure you can use your own imagination for how it's meaning changed. Despite what people might tell you, no one really knows the derivation of the word 'F---' but what is known is that it's earliest recorded use is the 13th century.\nAnd so on.\nWhat I find most odd is how people substitute other words for a profanity. For example, someone might say, 'Oh sugar!' instead of a more robust, 'Oh S---!'. This, it seems to me, is daft. In this case everyone knows what the word 'sugar' is replacing and so it has the same meaning. We might say that is fine, but the word 'sugar' is not so ugly. Well, fair enough. That might be the case now but how long will it be until 'sugar' etc are deemed profanities just like our modern swear words were once acceptable.\nI don't mind swearing. There's a place for a good, well-timed, 'Oh F--- off!' And neither do I think it's a limited vocabulary. Those words do the job VERY well at times. What worries me most are the semi-literate idiots who punctuate sentences with, 'you know what I mean', 'yeah' and 'right' etc. I find that far more offensive.