Episode 33 - Profanity $%#@!

In this episode we look at and challenge the use of profanity in our conversations 
How did we do this and maintain our G Rating??? Very carefully 

pro·fan·i·ty/     prəˈfanədē/

noun

1.    blasphemous or obscene language.

"an outburst of profanity"

    Swearing performs certain psychological functions, and uses particular linguistic and neurological mechanisms; all these are avenues of research. New your times https://www.linkedin.com/company/80960291/admin/author Natalie Angier notes that functionally similar behavior can be observed in chimpanzees, and may contribute to our understanding.[24] Angier also notes that swearing is a widespread but perhaps underappreciated anger management technique; that "Men generally curse more than women, unless said women are in a sorority, and that university provosts swear more than librarians or the staff members of the university day care center".
According to Steven Pinker, there are five possible functions of swearing:

·        ABUSIVE  swearing, intended to offend, intimidate or otherwise cause emotional or psychological harm

·        CATHARTIC  swearing, used in response to pain or misfortune

·        DYSPHEMISTIC  swearing, used to convey that the speaker thinks negatively of the subject matter and to make the listener do the same

·        EMPATHIC swearing, intended to draw additional attention to what is considered to be worth paying attention to

·        IDIOMATIC swearing, used for no other particular purpose, but as a sign that the conversation and relationship between speaker and listener is informal

Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954)is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

Warnings:

• Swearing can get you banned from all sorts of sites, from Internet forums to massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Some forums allow mild swearing, which means allowing very little amounts of swearing in your posts.
• Swearing at school might get you suspended or expelled.
• Swearing at work might get you fired.
• Swearing in a public place can get you fined, or even imprisoned in some countries or cities, notably Australia.

Reasons not to: Be more professional, increase vocabulary, appear more intelligent

Reasons to: Self expression, Connection through informality (acceptance)….To Make a really strong point. 

Profanity is the effort of the feeble brain to express itself forcibly – Spencer W. Kimball

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