Proposal to get this list back on track

[Duncan Anderson]

On Monday, 27 March 2006 15:32, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
> Tommy Trussell wrote:
> > On 3/24/06, Edward Craig <epcraig at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Somebody care to explain to the Yank in the corner why "bloody" might
> >> be considered offensive?
> >> (Not that I'll defend American mass-market beer, though).
> >>
> >> Just doing my part to keep Sounder (OK, this thread) off-topic.
> >
> > Being from the US, I, too, don't think I can fully appreciate its
> > impact, but I remember being told it was considered offensive in the
> > UK. It seems like this writeup may give you a little sense of it --
> > especially the part about it not being considered offensive in
> > Australia...
>
> definitely not, it's part of the vernacular here. We even have drink an
> anti-drink-driving ad campaign called "don't be a bloody idiot."
>
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody

When I was a child, my mother would threaten to wash my mouth out with soap if 
I said "bloody". The word has definitely lost some of its offensiveness in 
the last 40 years or so. 

cheers
Duncan

	
	
		
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