Comments on: Using the C-word http://www.mshairi.com/blog/using-the-c-word/ life, love, poetry, africa, gender activism Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:12:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: candybox http://www.mshairi.com/blog/using-the-c-word/comment-page-1/#comment-14081 candybox Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:14:45 +0000 http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=424#comment-14081 I find there is nothing more cathartic than a few, good swear words when i'm frustrated. Of course i have to mind the company i'm in. <em>--- Hi candybox, thanks for dropping by - I really, really wish I could swear. I am sure it would take away that 'frustration'. Alas :)</em> I find there is nothing more cathartic than a few, good swear words when i’m frustrated. Of course i have to mind the company i’m in.

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Hi candybox, thanks for dropping by – I really, really wish I could swear. I am sure it would take away that ‘frustration’. Alas :)

]]> By: Deepti http://www.mshairi.com/blog/using-the-c-word/comment-page-1/#comment-13729 Deepti Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:56:58 +0000 http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=424#comment-13729 Interesting! I wish i had any word form any of my grand fathers! I wish i had seen him use his face with any expression! I wish i had felt his rage even if it was for a minute! I wish i wish, they are all my wishes. As i am born too late to even know who they were! Coming back to the point of using harsh words,i think it is the frustrations and and failures that spill out of a persons mouth. My parents did use any strong words at all. The worst words used by my parents were "ignorant, ill-mannered" or some times "uneducated" i just wonder how people use bad words. When i moved to US i heard some of my worst English words. My previous stay was in a place where i just learn t the local language but never got the time or had interest to go learn the deeper words. Now a days my younger daughter picks up a few objectionable words from the Montessori but we do change them and make them sound a bit cuter. I think i will watch the baggage coming home for a bit more time. After that i am going to get rid of my philanthropic ideas and get her to a better school where i have kids with a bit more clean mouths.But i might loose diversity, My younger one will be able to adjust better with the harsher words than my older one as the older one hasn't been exposed at all. --- <em>Hi Deepti, I am curious to learn which generation you belong as I think perhaps you and I belong to a different one - some of the younger people who know of my feelings regarding using rude words think I am old fashioned and a prude! Thanks for your comment and I am glad to learn that you and Charles managed to connect and that Charles was fine:)</em> Interesting!
I wish i had any word form any of my grand fathers!
I wish i had seen him use his face with any expression!
I wish i had felt his rage even if it was for a minute!
I wish i wish, they are all my wishes. As i am born too late to even know who they were!
Coming back to the point of using harsh words,i think it is the frustrations and and failures that spill out of a persons mouth. My parents did use any strong words at all. The worst words used by my parents were “ignorant, ill-mannered” or some times “uneducated” i just wonder how people use bad words. When i moved to US i heard some of my worst English words. My previous stay was in a place where i just learn t the local language but never got the time or had interest to go learn the deeper words.
Now a days my younger daughter picks up a few objectionable words from the Montessori but we do change them and make them sound a bit cuter.
I think i will watch the baggage coming home for a bit more time. After that i am going to get rid of my philanthropic ideas and get her to a better school where i have kids with a bit more clean mouths.But i might loose diversity, My younger one will be able to adjust better with the harsher words than my older one as the older one hasn’t been exposed at all.

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Hi Deepti, I am curious to learn which generation you belong as I think perhaps you and I belong to a different one – some of the younger people who know of my feelings regarding using rude words think I am old fashioned and a prude! Thanks for your comment and I am glad to learn that you and Charles managed to connect and that Charles was fine:)

]]> By: Mwangi - the Displaced African http://www.mshairi.com/blog/using-the-c-word/comment-page-1/#comment-13700 Mwangi - the Displaced African Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:21:51 +0000 http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=424#comment-13700 The C word is probably one of those words, like the N-word, oddly enough even the B word, that make me cringe. <em>.... I hear you, Mwangi.</em> The C word is probably one of those words, like the N-word, oddly enough even the B word, that make me cringe.

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I hear you, Mwangi.

]]> By: majonzi http://www.mshairi.com/blog/using-the-c-word/comment-page-1/#comment-13627 majonzi Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:30:28 +0000 http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=424#comment-13627 I think there is a shift in the use of "vulgar" words. I remember a time when "damn" was a curse, and now so many people use "the f" word frivolous. Hehehe, I swear, using the "f" word when I am really pissed, and would never use the "c" word. <em>... I agree with you regarding the shift, Majonzi. I remember when 'damn' was a curse word too. Now it and other words are used when expressing positive or negative emotions. Some people really do it well...</em> I think there is a shift in the use of “vulgar” words. I remember a time when “damn” was a curse, and now so many people use “the f” word frivolous. Hehehe, I swear, using the “f” word when I am really pissed, and would never use the “c” word.

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I agree with you regarding the shift, Majonzi. I remember when ‘damn’ was a curse word too. Now it and other words are used when expressing positive or negative emotions. Some people really do it well…

]]> By: Mwananchi Mkenya http://www.mshairi.com/blog/using-the-c-word/comment-page-1/#comment-13620 Mwananchi Mkenya Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:39:52 +0000 http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=424#comment-13620 What are the Kikuyu words for the C word and for being wooed. I'm dying of curiosity! <em>--- Hee Mwanchi Mkenya, the only way I will tell you is if you move a little closer and then I can whisper the word in your ear:)</em> What are the Kikuyu words for the C word and for being wooed. I’m dying of curiosity!

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Hee Mwanchi Mkenya, the only way I will tell you is if you move a little closer and then I can whisper the word in your ear:)

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