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Subject:Re: OT: Profanity in the workplace From:John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> Date:Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:52:39 -0500
Johnnie Dangerously?
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:23 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin
<Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
> Farging ice-hole bastiges!
>
> I always loved that one. :-)
> Anybody remember the movie?
>
>
> The wife and I now exclaim/refer-to "carp" when what we really mean is "crap", when what we really, really mean is "s**t!"
>
> This will get confusing, as we just moved into our new house, complete with a pond out back, stocked with......
>
> - K
>
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>> Subject: Re: OT: Profanity in the workplace
>>
>> Is it really the word that's offensive or the intent behind
>> it. For Example:
>>
>> Cheese and Rice
>> Friggin, fricken, and freaking
>> BS
>> Crap
>> Byotch
>> G*d Bless America
>>
>> I've said all of these, my intent was the same as if I had
>> said the actual
>> curse word. I mean really, none of these are foul, but the
>> intent behind
>> them might be.
>>
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