English Teacher explaining the F word

14 years ago

LOL!
It is a one of the most flexible words in the English language...
I've always wondered why we use it to "curse" someone...when it really is a nice gesture, after all

...even if you have to go and do it "yourself"...:rolleyes:

As Joe Pesci said, they even do it to you in the drive-thru!

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jimbo13 14 years ago

That is very funny indeed.

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HeySal

14 years ago

Kim - I did a 7 page dissertation on the word "f*ck" in one of my linguistic classes. Sounds like this guy read it. LOL.

In reality, the word is an anomaly. It took on many parts of speech and meanings - it even acts as a semantic universal negative (when used as an adjective, as in "f*cking government, which makes the whole concept of the word modified, as well as the whole concept expressed an automatically negative in connotation).
And it did all of this..........when existing as a taboo word.

The word is actually about the most interesting (and versatile) word in any language that I have ever seen.

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

14 years ago

I had a friend in college that had a poster on the many uses of the word...I wish I could find a copy of that - it was quite educational!

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LeeLee

14 years ago

Laughing with tears in my eyes! Keep 'em coming Raja.

Does the delivery remind anyone a little of George Carlin?

Okay I found what may be the original by Osho.

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seasoned

14 years ago

Education at it's finest(SARC)! To spend class time teaching foreigners how to whatever and possibly lose customers/prospects/business/jobs/friends with ONE word. And even if it were a DOMESTIC class, they ARE foreigners, since it is a language primarily used in foreign situations.

Why don't they just teach proper english? Does anyone in the country know it?

Steve

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TLTheLiberator

14 years ago

Teach was having a little fun with his students - that's all.

I don't think anyone has done as much with the word as Americans.

About 25-30 years ago I tried to explain the word to a non-American female but...

... when it came to the sexual use of the word, she didn't get it and she didn't like it.

BTW...

They speak very good English in India as the Brits were there since the 1840's and many English speaking firms around the world have outsourced their call centers there.

The typical Indian accent is now just one of many English accents.

TL

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Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago

That was f***ing hysterical.
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seasoned

14 years ago

Originally Posted by TLTheLiberator

Teach was having a little fun with his students - that's all.

I don't think anyone has done as much with the word as Americans.

About 25-30 years ago I tried to explain the word to a non-American female but...

... when it came to the sexual use of the word, she didn't get it and she didn't like it.

BTW...

They speak very good English in India as the Brits were there since the 1840's and many English speaking firms around the world have outsourced their call centers there.

The typical Indian accent is now just one of many English accents.

TL

Well, I work around indians ALL THE TIME. I INTERVIEW a lot! Sometimes I just want to hang up, because of the tone, and communication problems. I WILL admit that some call centers seem pretty good. But TRY calling "tech support" and watch them get STUMPED when you stray from their script. I have ACTUALLY had them try to pull me back to their script. And they don't even seem to realize that it does NOT work that way! I am NOT calling them to have them recite a script! I am calling to try to get my problem solved! Have you ever seen "on the other end of the line"? I imagine that it is VERY much like that! HECK, 60 minutes said much the same. But in the country as a whole? HERE? FORGET IT!

BTW DELL moved call centers back. My father told me just last week that he ALWAYS asks for an American when he has trouble because they are in India. He said he once was ASTOUNDED when one understood his problem, spoke well, and FIXED his problem. But that was the ONLY one!

BTW EVEN the irish speak english in daily life. Almost ****NO**** indians do! They generally speak Tamil, or Telegu(sp?), or one of the almost 3 dozen other languages. and if they speak among themselves, they are probably more likely to interface with hindi, than with english.

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thesuccesscoach

14 years ago

Hum I don´t know I find the indians great, really helpful, yes sometimes their accents are difficult to understand, but no matter where the person is from there will always be difficulties plus there will also be scripts.

I love this

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BTW EVEN the irish generally speak english in daily life.

whats with the capitals, and generally, believe it or not, we all speak English everyday, well 99.9%, but then the leprechauns have their own language which we don´t understand that well.

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seasoned

14 years ago

Originally Posted by thesuccesscoach

Hum I don´t know I find the indians great, really helpful, yes sometimes their accents are difficult to understand, but no matter where the person is from there will always be difficulties plus there will also be scripts.

I love this

whats with the capitals, and generally, believe it or not, we all speak English everyday, well 99.9%, but then the leprechauns have their own language which we don´t understand that well.

Top o´the morning to ya

I said EVEN, because they were really effectively forced to, to change their lifestyle, etc... HECK, it ended up effectively breaking the country in two. WOW, I made a mistake with the generally, and thought I had removed it! YIKES! And yeah, there is 10% gaelic. I don't know how often they speak it though.

Steve

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Robert Michael

14 years ago

That was funny, however I dont see why this can be posted but I was suspended for swearing in a post awhile back. Bit of a double standard here.. lol

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thesuccesscoach

14 years ago

i´m from ireland and we use this f/&king word, every fu%king chance, it means everything
for example
what the f&/k - means what do you mean
f&$king deadly - really great

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LeeLee

14 years ago

I am not convinced it is their accent or nationality that is the problem with outsourcers. I remember back in the early days of computers calling call centers that were in America, manned by Americans. They weren't any better than the offshore staffers.

The problem is with education and expertise. Like Steve's father, on occasion I would get a good tech but more often I would get a script reader. My favorites were the ones who were "Microsoft certified".

If it deviated from the Microsoft playbook, 99.9% of their staffers were lost.

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TLTheLiberator

14 years ago

The reason Pakistan wanted to brake with India was because the Muslim population did not want to live as an minority within India.

So, when it came time for the Indians to "ask the Brits to leave", the Muslims made their move and were successful in getting their own country.

Many Indians still fault Ghandi for "letting them go".

TL