why does it do asteriks when you swear?
469535
To shield virgin eyes from not-so-virgin content.  There are kids as young as 12 (maybe younger) on here, and Yahoo! is making a responsible effort to keep that kind of content away from them.
200009
if it is like:u suck it means 'Fashil'
463343
gawd, yeah! its so irritating whenever i try to say "because" in whatever language i always seem to end up saying "achos" instead which is because in welsh :-/ so ill start writing something in french and then end it in welsh... it makes it even worse though when i have one language one lesson and then another the next lesson... i never seem to try and write things in french though... the language doesnt seem to agree with me somehow...\n\ni also have german lessons and end up having random german words spinning around my head all day... that gets annoying :-/
880352
Hey- good question! I had no idea, so I looked up the answer for you. Here it is:\n\nMinced Oaths\n\nThe English, being a restrained lot, have a long list of euphemistic phrases, many of which became part of the language before it spread to other parts of the world. The root cause of these is a wish to communicate without being explicit. This is something the English are particularly fond of, hence their long tradition of double-entendre comedy.\n\nEuphemisms aren't all from the distant past though. For every Shakesperian 'beast with two backs' there's a 20th century 'knee trembler'.\n\nMinced oaths are a sub-group of euphemisms used to avoid swearing when expressing surprise or annoyance. If you hit your thumb with a hammer when great aunt Edith is in the room what do you say? It's probably going to be a minced oath. Shakespeare might have resorted to 'gadzooks' (God's hooks - referring to the nails in the cross), we might try 'shoot' or 'freaking heck'.\n\nThey are usually, although not exclusively, religious in nature and date from the days when it wasn't acceptable to use the name of God, Jesus or other religious notables in everyday speech. To mince your words, or mince matters, means to choose words so as not to offend anyone. Some example are 'Jiminy Cricket' (Jesus Christ), 'dagnamit' (God damn it'), 'for Pete's sake' (for St. Peter's sake).\n\nIt's interesting that, while we continue to generate new euphemisms, new minced oaths are few and far between. Perhaps that's because, while there are still taboos about discussing death, disability, homosexuality etc, the restrictions on swearing out loud when surprised or annoyed have slackened somewhat. \n\nThere are many examples:\n\nBejabbers --> By Jesus \nBleeding heck --> Bloody Hell \nBlimey --> Blind me \nBy golly --> By God's body \nBy gosh --> By God \nBy Jove --> By God \nCrikey --> Christ \nCriminy --> Christ \nDagnabbit --> God damn it \nDagnammit --> God damn it \nDang --> Damn \nDangnabbit --> God damn it \nDoggone --> God damn \nDrat --> God rot it \nEgad --> A God \nFlaming heck --> Fucking Hell \nFlipping heck --> Fucking Hell \nFor crying out loud --> For Christ's sake
51842
Probably not.  But it does seem that more people use their worst language while driving an automoblie.\nEspecially when some &#%@* driver in the left lane makes a righthand turn right in front of you without even looking.\nOne might say that you don't learn to swear while driving, but you do practice swearing a lot behind the wheel.
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Not sure if you're asking "why do some languages *have* curse words and some don't?"\n\nIf that's what you're asking, I don't know of any language (except maybe Esperanto) that doesn't have obscenities.  What language(s) are you thinking of?
62744
I think that continuous usage or even any vulgar usage of curse words shows a lack of intelligence. If someone is upset shouldnt they be able to explain it using non profane words? Anytime I hear anyone, man or woman, using foul language not only does that person appear much less attractive, but it offends me. I have small children as well. They dont need to hear it, frankly no one needs to hear it. The way in which someone speaks reveals not only their competence of the language they are using but their intelligence alltogether.\n\nI completely agree with you.
427711
Actually the swear words aren't the most offensive at all. \n\nWould you be more offended to be called n****r or c**t or a paedophile?  Or a child-murderer, or a racist, or a homophobe, or amoral.  There are many words worse than swear words that you can be called.
187906
It is interpreted as SHOUTING!!!!
722036
Usually it is out of frustration with something that is not going the way that the person cussing was hoping for. Sometimes it is just a word used as filler because they can't think of the word that they wanted to use. You know, like how when you are talking and are trying to think of a word, so you say, "Um", or, "Ah". It's the same thing. People shouldn't cuss as much as they do, however, it seems to have become accepted as just part of society now days. I have to admit that I am guilty of doing this. I'm not as bad as some people that I've heard in public. Mostly younger kids these days, (teens),  have the worst potty mouths! I hear them on the bus cussing, and they don't even look around first to check and see if maybe there is a mother with a little kid riding the bus too! I won't cuss in front of children. That's just rude. I don't want people doing it in front of MY kids either.
71855
If you use profanity enough, it starts to become a habit, and they just slip without you even meaning to say so - I know because I occasionally finding myself cursing in rather inappropriate situations.\n\nAlthough I'm not a fan of overused profanity, it can sometimes be a very good way of expressing a tremendous amount of anger in a clear, succinct way that doesn't involve either going off on a 20-minute-rant or throwing anything.
129545
In general usage they all mean "to use 'bad language'" but properly speaking swear and curse are slightly different. \n\nTo curse is to cast an oath over somebody or something ("I curse you till the day you die!"/"May your tent be plagued with locusts!"); to swear is to pledge an oath to or on somebody or something ("I swear to protect..."/"I swear on my mother's life")\n\nCuss is just an abbreviation of curse.
419763
They swear on their holy text-the Quaarn for example.If they're aetheists they say "I solemnly affirm that I will...." instead of saying "I swear I wil....".Aethiests just raise their hands,they don't use any religious texts.
595471
Unfortunately, my experience is doubly irritating.  There is someone I know who not only abuses this expression but also adds an 's' to the end.  She says "touch bases".  It makes my ears bleed.
1060282
watch the swearing...and why did you ask this? *confused* i thought you hated cussing. you always told me you did. *sigh*
33873
Maybe because you talk louder when your drinking esp. if youre in a bar or club
603564
its because all ur emoticions hav keyword/keyboard shortcuts and maybe all ur letters are in the keyword shortcut. you can change it if u want by clicking rename or modify