As one knows, AAM maintains the highest standards of civil discourse. See posting guideline 11 in this regard: "Use of profanities (even those that are self censored - like t**s for example) will result in the post being edited or deleted."
Having been on the receiving end of a clout for a fairly innocuous breach of the above, I'm wondering how does one know when one is crossing the line as regards relatively harmless words - I'm not confining this issue to AAM moderation, in the wider world when do words become acceptable usage?
The reason I ask is that we had kids TV on Saturday morning ,CBeebies or one of those, and they had this practical joke feature which involved, dare one say, a flatulence machine. However they didnt refer to it as such, much to my surprise. That pretty much signals for me that that word is now common usage.
Albert Reynolds made his contribution with the more harmless c word, and Fr. Ted of course poplarised the more harmless f word (isnt that the name of a cookery show as well?). I know of one radio show which indirectly referred to a particularly unmentionable word as See You Next Tuesday.
So is it the Dail, kids TV or widespread newsprint repitition which brings down the barrier?
Of course one musn't sully one's high standards by adapting coarse language.
Having been on the receiving end of a clout for a fairly innocuous breach of the above, I'm wondering how does one know when one is crossing the line as regards relatively harmless words - I'm not confining this issue to AAM moderation, in the wider world when do words become acceptable usage?
The reason I ask is that we had kids TV on Saturday morning ,CBeebies or one of those, and they had this practical joke feature which involved, dare one say, a flatulence machine. However they didnt refer to it as such, much to my surprise. That pretty much signals for me that that word is now common usage.
Albert Reynolds made his contribution with the more harmless c word, and Fr. Ted of course poplarised the more harmless f word (isnt that the name of a cookery show as well?). I know of one radio show which indirectly referred to a particularly unmentionable word as See You Next Tuesday.
So is it the Dail, kids TV or widespread newsprint repitition which brings down the barrier?
Of course one musn't sully one's high standards by adapting coarse language.