tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1421434072820302533.post6248620158201874739..comments2023-04-17T06:44:41.684-07:00Comments on Take Serious Things Seriously: INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO &^#$(!* KNOWHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09089509818864851620noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1421434072820302533.post-78111548697649084442008-12-18T12:07:00.000-07:002008-12-18T12:07:00.000-07:00Ah, hell if I know.Hey Josiah--"CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!"...Ah, hell if I know.<BR/><BR/>Hey Josiah--"CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!"Harmonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581489625517527350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1421434072820302533.post-50818936295067500392008-12-18T07:22:00.000-07:002008-12-18T07:22:00.000-07:00Here's an answer I've heard before quoted from a s...Here's an answer I've heard before quoted from a source online. Swear words are usually normal everyday words until some snob comes along!<BR/><BR/>What makes anything a curse word at all?<BR/><BR/>Most of our "bad words" were actually just part of the every day lexicon of the Saxons. Before modern English evolved, the language was splintered into many different dialects in what is now England. The government needed an official dialect so everyone within the government could understand everyone else and decided on Norman English, or the Queens English, as it's called.<BR/><BR/>So to use Saxon words was seen as "low class"<BR/><BR/>Examples<BR/><BR/><BR/>Saxon: Eat<BR/>Norman: Dine<BR/><BR/>Saxon: Sweat<BR/>Norman: Perspire<BR/><BR/>Saxon: Piss<BR/>Norman: Urinate<BR/><BR/>Saxon: Sh!t<BR/>Norman: Defecate<BR/><BR/>Saxon: F*** from the Old German word to....<BR/>Norman: Fornicate<BR/><BR/>You get the picture?Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14488776386641212327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1421434072820302533.post-39546462320414430412008-12-18T06:20:00.000-07:002008-12-18T06:20:00.000-07:00You know, I've always wondered that myself! If you...You know, I've always wondered that myself! If you find out, let us know. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and on the word 'flip'- in St. George we were friends with a (member) family with the last name 'Flippen'. Once when the missionaries were at their house for dinner one elder was saying the blessing. He could NOT stop laughing after he prayed "Please bless the Flippen family . . . ".Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736413230928796478noreply@blogger.com