insouciant Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 pootle{by the way, do you realise I tried to swear here?}younkerturdsausage Although maybe the whole minors viewing the site has some merit going by Catlover's posting style... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOYAANISQATSI Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 i smell their poop lol Although maybe the whole minors viewing the site has some merit going by Catlover's posting style... Or fecophiliacs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtothet Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 i dont think anyone shoud swear, its' not very, nice and can make people feel bad like wen my sister somtimes swears at me sometimes i feel quiet bad but i will confess that i somtimes say swears like poop but then its only wen ive had a poop or somthin smells like poop like wen i go far a walk past som parks with cows and i smell their poop lol this is the best post ive ever read on shetlink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassermaet Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I've taken to saying 'pungs' in certain situations, a la my late great uncle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Who really needs to swear??? Well seeing as you ask.... Sometimes even Shetlink mods feel the need. From the What the television offers us thread:... So why not switch the fecking thing off and find something else to do?!?!?!!Grr. Quite an appropriate and natural response too I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I've taken to saying 'pungs' in certain situations, a la my late great uncle.Great word, what does it mean? What kind of usage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassermaet Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 ^^^ I'm glad you asked me My great uncle, who wasn't really big on swearing, used it in place of more severe swear words - for example, when my dad was a teenager him and the great uncle worked on a building site in Yell together (this was in the early eighties, so although my great uncle was fairly old at this point he wasn't quite old enough to retire). When my uncle made a faux pas, eg hit his thumb with a hammer, he didn't turn the air blue about it like most folk would. He just roared 'Oh, pungs!' The others were amused. I don't find swearing all that offensive - although it depends on the situation - but just lately I've said 'pungs' instead on the grounds that it's such a fun word to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I always found it extremely amusing that for those of the older generation whom actually uttering a swear word was unthinkable, many liberally used a quite extensive collection of insults and "curses" spoken using everyday words, that were IMHO as bad, if not worse than if they'd just used swear words anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 EM, I might need to moderate your post as it contains too many references to swearing. I had a Billy Connolly tape at one point (yes a cassette) in which he described swearing to children. He replaced the offending words with similar yet benign words. Just had a quick look on Youtube and I can't find it but he does give many other great references to swearing on various other clips. My Great Grandfather was one of the people that respected who and when he should or should not swear. When telling a joke then swear words would often be used, providing it was a room full of men. Should a lady enter then the story changed significantly, sometimes to the point that it wasn't funny any more. Swear words have their place in society in various different guises. I think that the biggest problem is that they are often overused and dumbed down. I am as guilty as anyone in this respect. Swearing has become part of my vocabulary and I use it perhaps more than I would like to. On forums such as this then I try to avoid swearing. Unlike speech, you have more chance to convey your words and read them through before you post something. Sometimes people feel the need to swear and sometimes that can be acceptable but usually the Shetlink filter will kick in and give it a far more fun alternative. Family forum kids, keep it clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marooned in Maywick Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Is there somewhere we (i.e. those who won't be offended) can access the official Shetlink list of swearies and what Shetlink changes them to? I do mind reading one fairly lengthy post a while ago that must've contained a lot of inapproved words as - when reading it - it made very little sense withe the liberal sprinkling of sausages, sharn etc PM would do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 i reckon so long as it doesn't descend into everyone calling each other twats it'll be ok. A sad indictment of Shetlink's popularity and then the increase of members who can't string much more than incoherent swearing and personal insults together + the sheer inability now to moderate on here 24x7 (note all mods and admins are doing this voluntarily and alongside day jobs!) - the swear filters were sadly introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 ^Amen to that. Whaur is du Distortio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachcaster Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 ...I had a Billy Connolly tape at one point (yes a cassette) in which he described swearing to children. He replaced the offending words with similar yet benign words. Just had a quick look on Youtube and I can't find it but he does give many other great references to swearing on various other clips... I have that tape somewhere, Billy Connely - Get Right Intae Him. I think is "A Wee Swearie" that you are referring too. "Getafo yabasa" is one i can remember off hand. That is a brilliant tape, i will have to see if i can find it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 Hmm. I note yet another example of language usage by the mainstream establishment which can not be accurately quoted here due to the Shetlink "grannie" swear filter. Quite funny as well: Shetland News[/url]"]Mr Goodlad was given ... a card, signed by all councillors, which reads: 'We are sorry you are leaving because when we mess things up there is no bugg*r to blame'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marooned in Maywick Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Just noticed the resurrection of this thread. And wondered how Shetlink would treat the result of the Arsenal - S{by the way, do you realise I tried to swear here?}horpe match? But I won't find out until I press 'Submit'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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