Lynne
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I find this an interesting topic. There are some posts I read that drop the F-bomb left, right and center and then there are some people that say you must never ever swear when you write content.
I am just interested to know what everyone else feels about this topic.
My personal feeling is that swearing constantly will turn a lot of readers off my content but sometimes I just have to say fuck. Oops did I say that out loud?
And this is something that I felt so liberated by when I closed my online store. It was not just about being able to swear but I was blogging a bit when I had my online baby store and I felt constrained when I wrote… I felt like I had to be all professional and keep it “tidy” if you know what I mean?
When I closed my store and started blogging full time it felt awesome! I had previously done a Youtube video for my addiction blog which was titled “Fuck It The Ultimate Spiritual Way”.. which was actually a review on the book with that title.
So when I made the decision to close my store I wrote a blog post about why I wanted to close it and I embedded that Youtube video because it truly was fitting.
And then for my addiction blog I like to keep it raw and real so I do swear a bit on that (especially on the posts when I was quitting smoking and sharing my journey lol). I mean it’s not like everyone in a crack house minds their P’s and Q’s right?
So my personal feeling is that there is a time and a place. It depends on who you are, who your audience is and what your niche is….
Here is a quote from Stephen King on the topic of swearing in your content:
Make yourself a solemn promise right now that you’ll never use ‘emolument’ when you mean ‘tip’ and you’ll never say John stopped long enough to perform an act of excretion when you mean John stopped long enough to take a shit. If you believe ‘take a shit’ would be considered offensive or inappropriate by your audience, feel free to say John stopped long enough to move his bowels (or perhaps John stopped long enough to ‘push’). I’m not trying to get you to talk dirty, only plain and direct.
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I wouldn't say that I swear, umm, a lot, probably once in a while. I found out that whenever you write, specially serious topics without swears and light curse words, some readers would tend to get bored probably because of the lack of emotion. Now take note that I said emotion - that is where those swear words come to play. Light cursive words such as damn, freaking (is that even a cursive word?) shitty, and the likes, would give aggressive emotions to the readers so they would eventually feel whatever they are reading. Although this probably doesn't work on product reviews.
Interesting topic indeed! :D I wouldn't say that I swear, umm, a lot, :D probably once in a while. I found out that whenever you write, specially serious topics without swears and light curse words, some readers would tend to get bored probably because of the lack of emotion. Now take note that I said emotion - that is where those swear words come to play. Light cursive words such as damn, freaking (is that even a cursive word?) shitty, and the likes, would give aggressive emotions to the readers so they would eventually feel whatever they are reading. Although this probably doesn't work on product reviews. :p
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I personally swear in more or less every single sentence when I'm talking. I say things like "helvete", "hora" och "fitta". In Sweden, I'd say that those 3 words are more or less used frequently by everyone. However, the meaning of the words aren't really the same as they would be in English, but in English, if I translate them, they are:
"hell", "whore" and "cunt/twat".
That being said, I try to not use these sort of words in English when I'm writing. Mostly because I find it a bit odd, as the meaning of them doesn't match properly. - I don't mean that someone is a whore because I say "hora!" in Sweden. I would use that word when I hurt myself for instance. If I cut myself or whatever. Then I would say something like: "Helvetes jävla horjävel!" or whatever..
And that would mean: "Hell fucking whore-fucker" .. And that's doesn't fit at all. It's weird and it sounds ridiculous in English but it's used frequently in Sweden by literally everyone. That being said, I also try to stay away from such words in English, due to the fact that I want to act as a professional. Especially since English aren't my native language. - However, I do think that anyone and everyone should be allowed to use such words whenever they want to, without being judged. Well, there is a saying, at least in Sweden that goes something like this: [quote]"You have a bad vocabulary if you swear regularly."[/quote] I personally swear in more or less every single sentence when I'm talking. I say things like "helvete", "hora" och "fitta". In Sweden, I'd say that those 3 words are more or less used frequently by everyone. However, the meaning of the words aren't really the same as they would be in English, but in English, if I translate them, they are: "hell", "whore" and "cunt/twat". That being said, I try to not use these sort of words in English when I'm writing. Mostly because I find it a bit odd, as the meaning of them doesn't match properly. - I don't mean that someone is a whore because I say "hora!" in Sweden. I would use that word when I hurt myself for instance. If I cut myself or whatever. Then I would say something like: "Helvetes jävla horjävel!" or whatever.. And that would mean: "Hell fucking whore-fucker" .. And that's doesn't fit at all. It's weird and it sounds ridiculous in English but it's used frequently in Sweden by literally everyone. That being said, I also try to stay away from such words in English, due to the fact that I want to act as a professional. Especially since English aren't my native language. - However, I do think that anyone and everyone should be allowed to use such words whenever they want to, without being judged.
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