tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post4379857203978264027..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Let's Talk About the Word "Fuck"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-89067774650404251412016-02-09T15:58:43.564-05:002016-02-09T15:58:43.564-05:00Dana - thank you! Yes, I'll take an "R&qu...Dana - thank you! Yes, I'll take an "R" rating on my cover if that helps.<br />Elizabeth - oh my - bummer. And LOL.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06063976931101712833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-63179568793365858142016-02-08T14:24:53.952-05:002016-02-08T14:24:53.952-05:00A reprint of one of my stories, which contained th...A reprint of one of my stories, which contained the word "fuck," was published online. I explained it to my mother by saying it was the word the character would have used. She refused to even read the story ... she's in her 80s, from New England, and extremely prudish. Obviously she did some fucking herself back in the day, or my sisters and I never would have been born, and evidently that detail escaped her.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-5685312294958718902016-02-08T09:28:15.820-05:002016-02-08T09:28:15.820-05:00Bless you. I could not have expressed my feelings ...Bless you. I could not have expressed my feelings about foul language in general, and why I use it, any better. I'd ever consider placing a warning on the cover. Somehting along the lines of "If foul language offends you, stay the fuck away."Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-90450499573958800702016-02-08T08:20:38.082-05:002016-02-08T08:20:38.082-05:00Yup! Thanks for weighing in!Yup! Thanks for weighing in!Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01724127668983231150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-40100469423377156152016-02-07T22:00:26.956-05:002016-02-07T22:00:26.956-05:00Funny thing. I was watching the Democratic caucuse...Funny thing. I was watching the Democratic caucuses in Iowa a few nights ago, and one of the reporters caught a live confrontation in which one of the participants used the word fuck. It was very odd to me that the reporter and the moderators all felt that it was necessary to apologize for this completely accidental reporting many times. This struck me as very strange, as it seemed odd that they felt they had to shield their audience from a word that they must hear sometimes in their daily life even if they don't use it. There was a note of disingenuousness about the whole thing. "Fuck" is now ubiquitous. <br /><br />So go ahead and write your dialogue the way you hear it, detractors be damned. <br /><br />Not so long ago, I couldn't have written that either. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.com