It's good to be different...

[Botafogo]

NOW we are getting somewhere: Curmie's FAVORITE song, The Signified Monkey by Johnny Otis, y'all sing along now:

The Signified Monkey told the lion one day

"there's a bad M*****F***** comin down your way

He's talking bout your mama and your sister too,

spreadin all that $#it that your GRANDMA do...."

It gets better (or worse depending on your point of view) from there, a certified classic of Americana.

Georgie, we will dissagree but I honestly believe the "little ones" would be better citizens and better educated if they were taught ALL the ways to say a thing and the contexts and rationale for using different modes of expression AND that, if we could quit conditioning them to fear (or cherish) certain words, their effect would be neutralized.

Linguistics is a wonderful thing and some of its most honored scholars are MAJOR fans of "profanity". I can't name the source but one noted that, in the speech of an English Gunnery Sargeant, the appearance of the adjective "f-ing" often signaled the impending arrival of a noun.

PS: Loved the German anecdote. When I lived in Germany in the 70's English and Deutch were fusing into such forms as "Chillen-sie" for "Chill out!" and "Vieder-stonen-sie" for "we'll get loaded together soon".

Robertinho da boca suja mas coração puro


[This message has been edited by Botafogo (edited 09-02-2003).]