The ‘F’ word. Here at Belly Ache we tend to be a bit fascist about language usage. While we sometimes slips up makes mistake wid our Engerish, we du strived to presents the bestest possibre, glammatically koreck Engerish. Of course, making our living off of language it has a tendency to spill over to our everyday lives. We know for a fact we’ve annoyed (to put it mildly) our partners, our kids, our friends and even our neighbours for correcting their language. It’s a bad and sometimes rude habit that we are striving to reign in. We’ve even enrolled ourselves in LKA (Language Korrectors Anonymous) – actually it was in the same venue as our ‘other’ anonymous meeting so we thought, ‘hey why not’!

But there is one thing that deeply disturbs us…the growing trend of using profanities in everyday conversation. While we are not immune from occasionally uttering bad language – let’s face it, there are times when it’s just plain called for, like when confronted by idiotic decisions by the bosses at work (and in case you’re reading this Boss, it was just an example, because no bad decision has ever been made in our workplace 😉 …ever).

While not wishing to fall prey to the age-old ‘blame the youth’ game, we seem to be confronted on an almost daily basis by foul-mouthed youth… and sadly the youth who utter these profanities seem to be getting younger and younger. Whatever happened to the remedy our parents had for such behavior when we were kids? I don’t think any of us will ever forget the taste of having our mouths washed out with soap for transgressing into the realm of profanity! But, like the world’s oldest profession, swearing is certainly going to be with us pretty much for ever. And as pointed out by one of Belly Ache’s ardent readers…there simply are times when the ‘F’ word is just plain called for. Below are some very visual examples of just such occasions!