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One of my wishes was to move to the Ionian islands in my retirement.

Can't even get to the isles in my country!
 
Ah, the Greek isles, how lovely that would be, especially from spring to autumn.
Don’t worry about the swearing @Antje77, it often changes, so if in need just make something up. Bodily functions feature strongly in English, as does religion. What does that say about us; still rebelling, still naughty children?
The best words for swearing in are short, have hard, plosives sounds and create a way to express yourself without causing any bodily harm.[/USER]
 
The red stuff is because my iPad insisted on using the other Antje and the edit couldn’t see the difference between the person and the message!
 
Ah, for any who weren’t glued to their screens, I’ve got rid of the unnecessary red stuff.
 
I’ve noticed something with fizzy drinks: if I walk while holding the drink, the fizz sound changes from a steady continuum to a sort of put put of fizz. Now I want to know why. I wish I’d been good enough at Maths to be ‘allowed’ to study physics at school.
 
Fairygodmother said:
I’ve noticed something with fizzy drinks: if I walk while holding the drink, the fizz sound changes from a steady continuum to a sort of put put of fizz. Now I want to know why. I wish I’d been good enough at Maths to be ‘allowed’ to study physics at school.
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Do you notice this with fizzy drinks in a can or in a glass? Or both of course.
I'd say it's because the sound is the bubbles popping, and if you move more bubbles will pop on moments of impact and less when the drink is relatively still, but that's just a first hunch, nothing scientific.
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
OK. So err um yes, like err um ya know kids speak like. :meh:
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I prefer kids speak if it means not offending someone inadvertedly, or worse, have parents keep their children off the forum because of language.

I don't mind strong language privately at all, but privately I know who my audience is. My grandma gets different language from me than my 3 year old neighbour or my 11 year old nephew. A whole different set of words is used when socialising with a bunch of fishermen in a bar or with a select couple of friends at a drunk campfire party.

On here, you never know if your audience is the grandma, the nephew, the fisherman or all 3 of them, so we avoid possible offensive words and revert to kids speak if necessary.

Kid speak works well for me, and if I need something stronger I just type a ******* random amount of asterisks to keep everybody guessing! :D
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
OK. So err um yes, like err um ya know kids speak like. :meh:
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Dunno wot yer ment la!
yer no wot I mean like!
I'm gonna git up, bog and kip the dark stuff away!
A bit of togga, bacon butty, plates up, give the bonce some quiets.
 
Antje77 said:
Ah, interesting variation on the asterisks option !
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Yeah! gives more body for the readers to laugh at.

Replacement swear words we have used in front of our kids included afew chinese veggie names.

Bokchoy, Napa, Caotou .

I remember when the oldest came home and and dropped the F bomb, plan A came into effect for that one. We asked in what context did he mean, that cleared that up for a long time till he twigged to the fact that we were not going to roust on him and so he stopped sayng it. Bokchoy was his favourite replacement tho'.
 
Antje77 said:
I prefer kids speak if it means not offending someone inadvertedly, or worse, have parents keep their children off the forum because of language.

I don't mind strong language privately at all, but privately I know who my audience is. My grandma gets different language from me than my 3 year old neighbour or my 11 year old nephew. A whole different set of words is used when socialising with a bunch of fishermen in a bar or with a select couple of friends at a drunk campfire party.

On here, you never know if your audience is the grandma, the nephew, the fisherman or all 3 of them, so we avoid possible offensive words and revert to kids speak if necessary.

Kid speak works well for me, and if I need something stronger I just type a ******* random amount of asterisks to keep everybody guessing! :D
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Because of environmental damage to my thought process, my language good or bad is intertwined with many obscene words and expletives.
 
Riva_Roxaban said:
Yeah! gives more body for the readers to laugh at.

Replacement swear words we have used in front of our kids included afew chinese veggie names.

Bokchoy, Napa, Caotou .

I remember when the oldest came home and and dropped the F bomb, plan A came into effect for that one. We asked in what context did he mean, that cleared that up for a long time till he twigged to the fact that we were not going to roust on him and so he stopped sayng it. Bokchoy was his favourite replacement tho'.
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Grandson number four was helping his nan one day, not so long ago. He was trying to explain something to his sister, and said something that he shouldn't have said.
Well, his nan told him, if he was going to use that word again, when his nan was within hearing, he could (same word!) And not bother to write a letter to Santa.
For some reason, he is very careful around his nan! He was only six at the time.

I laughed in another room.
 
Antje77 said:
Which is perfectly fine, as long as you stick to bokchoy and the likes on the forum! ;)
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I prefer the ones we used to get away with, flip, frock, boogie and the newer made up ones like smeg, drat, dang, and more recently from such programmes as 'The good place'. As in shirt, fork, bench and so on.

You asked @Antje77, for suggestions to update your swearing. This really funny American comedy is just right for you.
 
A Leunig cartoon that appeared as by magic today.

This is about body parts and and other nonsensical bits and bobz.

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Antje77 said:
I didn't!
But I'm still happy with your suggestions, as long as we don't go to close to the edges of our forum ethos. I'd hate to have to moderate my own thread...
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I have a good friend from Wales who will often shout "esgob mawr" when life's little annoyances get the better of him.
The energy and passion he puts into the phrase makes it an extremely effective expletive. Translated into English it means big bishop, so unlikely to upset anyone unless of course you happen to be a big bishop
 
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