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Re: [BB] What did you do with your weekend?

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
If someone swears at me, or at something near me, my reaction is hardly going to be one of decreased stress! I'm obviously not understanding you at all.
Sorry, I wasn't referring to swearing at me or an object, rather I was referring to casual language. The same could be said for slang in these situations. I know when my professors swore "with" me (not at me) it was nice to see them not act superior but rather as a mutual academic.

What I was trying to say was that slang and swearing not directed at things can have an interesting effect on the tone of the conversation. I completely understand that some work places would like to exclude this type of language as it certainly offends some. Then again so is the case with using the Lords name in vain, but I don't know of many work places that prohibit that in the same way they prohibit swearing.

protecting freedoms is an oxymoron .
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