Do you think it is acceptable to swear in public?

Although I am British, I have lived all my life in France. When I come over to the UK, I am constantly hearing people swearing at each other, at the top of their voices, without any shame whatsoever. This would be almost unthinkable on the continent.
Do you think this is acceptable or have manners and savoir-faire totally disappeared in this country?

Although I am British, I have lived all my life in France. When I come over to the UK, I am constantly hearing people swearing at each other, at the top of their voices, without any shame whatsoever. This would be almost unthinkable on the continent.
Do you think this is acceptable or have manners and savoir-faire totally disappeared in this country?

Although I am British, I have lived all my life in France. When I come over to the UK, I am constantly hearing people swearing at each other, at the top of their voices, without any shame whatsoever. This would be almost unthinkable on the continent.
Do you think this is acceptable or have manners and savoir-faire totally disappeared in this country?

do you think its acceptable to push into a que.....personally i think thats much worst mannors than swearing, and the continentals are widely known for their inability to que.

love Katy ***

i reeeally dont see why loadsa ppl have a problem with swearing.....fuck is just another word...simply one that ppl have CHOSEN to take offence by. thats not my problem...

our english teacher used to swear a lot. and he used to justify it by saying that not swearing increases the social gap between the rich and poor. so the more richer ppl swear (our school was a private school), the smaller the social divide becomes, which leads to less hatred and alienation.


and anyway, if swearing keeps increasing, eventually ppl will learn to be cooler and calmer and NOT take offence by them... i mean, seriously, why would it bother you if i just come up to u in the street and say FUCK YOU..... SO WHAT?!?! would you be insulted if i came and said BIBBLE BOBBLE? i doubt it... ppl should just learn to chill

Although I am British, I have lived all my life in France. When I come over to the UK, I am constantly hearing people swearing at each other, at the top of their voices, without any shame whatsoever. This would be almost unthinkable on the continent.
Do you think this is acceptable or have manners and savoir-faire totally disappeared in this country?

Certain words become taboo as society changes, and in Britain at least, where any sort of sexual expression is frowned upon and repressed, it's words related to sex that become 'swear' words. Once we become more open and acceptant about sex then the words will not be as offensive. Maybe as time goes on and society changes there will be another set of words that become taboo, such as those related to money (as it seems finance related matters are becomeing more taboo - you shouldn't ask someone how much they earn etc).

If swearing keeps increasing then yes these words will eventually be integrated into normal vocabulary, but there will just be a replacing set of taboo words which will act as 'new' swear words.

Personally, I think swearing in public is disgusting.