I'd pay good money to read an SK dystopian novel about a world where nobody swears. They would probably be so bored sh!tless that the final scene would be them throwing themselves off cliffs like lemmings.
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Oh, Jiminy Crickets.......don't make me come over there and poke you with the fiddlesticks.........Consarn it! and Drats!....it's the one I wanted...that's a buncha Bull-poop......
I wondered about that one, too GNT *smdh* To each their own, I guess....I'm still kinda interested in where I can find the "perverted sex"......
I never swear.............
I find myself cursing daily now, which I hardly used to ever do. And I find myself questioning my own morals and values. King's writing, as do a lot of popular authors, greatly influence the constant reader. They become huge fans of him, and want to be like him, and want to talk like him, and begin to think it is acceptable to speak those very profane words in every day conversation, because King's characters do, and some of those characters are really cool!
My mom would look at us as kids what we were doing, shake her head.
Say, 'jesus mary and crakers' and would walk away
I was assuming he was referring to the various forced sex/rape-type scenes that have been portrayed in a few of the books. I can't remember which book, but......I'm still kinda interested in where I can find the "perverted sex"......
I was assuming he was referring to the various forced sex/rape-type scenes that have been portrayed in a few of the books. I can't remember which book, but...
I seem to remember a distasteful male on male prison sex scene with scatalogical references in a recent read (or maybe it was a re-read). Am I wrong?
Edit: guess I was wrong about my last post being my "last post."
We have variations on swear words that people use when they don't want to actually swear. These words are used around children. I guess they are "cute." Examples:Question does the english language have some "cute" swear words/ phrases. We have some in German I am just wondering about it now?
We mostly use them when we are around kids or in public. Since I think that SK novels are for adults I do not mind the swearing.
"Oh fudge" for "Oh fu*k"
...I know what he was referencing....I was just being a passive/aggressive smartazz.....I was assuming he was referring to the various forced sex/rape-type scenes that have been portrayed in a few of the books. I can't remember which book, but...
I seem to remember a distasteful male on male prison sex scene with scatalogical references in a recent read (or maybe it was a re-read). Am I wrong?
Edit: guess I was wrong about my last post being my "last post."
I say "Jesus!" quite a lot - not sure if it offends others. I was raised Catholic but have not been to church in years. I guess it is just a bad habit I picked up somewhere.I always wondered why people in the USA freak out when God is mentioned.
Here in Mexico it is one of two options to say to someone who just sneezed: "Jesús te ayude" (which I know you use in English, too, as "God bless you").
This is similar, when in sudden danger, one thinks of a person who can take care of us and keep us safe. It can be our parents, it can be God, or His mother or some saint (who would then ask God in our stead).
So things like "Jesús", "Ave María Purísima" or similar phrases can be uttered when surprised, mostly to ask for help or commend yourself to God, in case anything happens.
But if I were in the USA, something scared me, and I said "Jesus", people would think it was something bad...
I know and understand (and even try to practice) the Jewish tradition of not saying the Lord's name out loud. But while not saying His name, I can say "God", and I actualy think that, for believers, it should be a good thing to keep God in our minds and hearts and even words.
And there I was thinking that the OP was complaining about people taking John Coffey's name in vain.I say "Jesus!" quite a lot - not sure if it offends others. I was raised Catholic but have not been to church in years. I guess it is just a bad habit I picked up somewhere.