The one dirty word you can't say(warning:frank discussion of vulgar language)
 

George Carlin once did a legendary all time bit called "The 7 dirty words you aren't allowed to say on television". Here is a link if you don't know what I'm talking about.
http://www.erenkrantz.com/Humor/SevenDirtyWords.shtml
I've noticed that you can say the word "tits" on tv. Mother****er/**** is said bleeped on cable and uncensored on pay per view channels like HBO a lot. Piss and shit aren't that big of a deal anymore, either. Cocksucker is still off limits, but you do hear people say it jokingly in relaxed settings every now and again. That leaves us with really just one word out of oh, half a million, that you can't say anymore, not just on television but ever: CUNT.
See, I find this to be pretty hypocritical. Why is it that all the numerous names for a penis can be said, and can even be used to describe somebody's behavior(cocksure, cocky) but you can't say cunt? I say a cunt is a cunt is a cunt. I call 'em like I see 'em. Ann Coulter? Cunt? Marie Antoinette? Definately a See. You. Next. Tuesday. Barbara Bush is a Berkshire Hunt if there ever was one. See, thats not so bad. Reading the word "cunt" didn't make you go blind or "infect your soul, curve your spine and keep the country from winning the war". I'm just tired of the double standard is all.

Yea well, the fact that things are cencored over there in the first place is bad enough. I love how television over here just allows every single word you can think off.

But yea, cunt is just a funny word, thats prolly the reason :P

Watch 'Deadwood', that says ALL the words...and then some. I've also noticed that the 'C' word is getting more popular in things now.

Whereas once people used to say it to SHOCK and the like, now it's just thrown in there for the Hell of it.

I've heard the word Cunt on TV before... But it was in a movie...

Ever been to Britain before?

The word 'cunt' isn't really even offensive here anymore.

I find it pretty amazing that you can now say the word cunt on television. That is incredible. Guys like Lenny Bruce were imprisoned for saying things tamer than that a little over 40 years ago. I bet if somebody in the U.S. were to say something like "Condoleeza Rice, what a cunt!" on air they'd be fined a cool quarter million.

Oh yeah, definitely. When Graham Norton used to have his show on C4, all the American guests were really surprised they could swear without any mass backlash.

We are liberal with what we can say on TV, but 'cunt' for some reason is still considered a bit risque.

Ironically enough, cunt used to be considered a compliment of sorts.

Well, from what I've heard European people are more relaxed about cursing but don't tolerate nearly as much violence as Americans when it comes to media. Is that about right?

I think cunt is more of a feminism issue, though some of them need to loosten up it seems.

Yak hunts.

I hear the word "cunt" about ten times every day. It's so annoying! It's like the stupidest word ever and it really enrages me everytime I hear it. There I some words I REALLY hate and I don't really know why. And I've heard shit and tits on public television heaps of times.

hahahah 'cunt' i love that word. I never use it offensivley though.

Great person = Mad Cunt

Guy that thinks he's good = Sick Cunt

In Britain you can say just about anything after 9 o'clock. Especially on Channels 4 and 5. You don't get it on the BBC so much, not because they are not allowed, but because they just like to be more polite. It's wierd that America tends to produce this knd of culture, swearing, porn, all that, but don't allow it on TV. Before anyone starts on about that- I'm not anti-america, well, not much, because there is also alot of good and respectable culture there too (it's odd that only the bad stuff is exported here. Now we get people trying to be more american, but the only role model they have is all the worst stuff). The USA has the biggest porn industry in the world, and yet there was an outcry over Janet Jackson's breast on live TN. Here C4 can't even be arsed to pixelate the nipples on Big Brother.

But you can't say, "Where the bloody hell are you?" in Britain if you're Australian.

Eh, what I found funny about that was Britain banned the ads because of the word 'bloody' whilst Canada banned them because of 'hell'.

But I don't really swear too much on the whole, simply because I don't see the point of it, seeing as I can express myself much better with real words rather than just jumping to a swear word. And if I hurt myself or whatever, I gain much more satisfaction out of a 'bugger' than a 'shit'. Don't know why, really. *sits back and waits for Petey to comment on that one...*

buggers a much worse word than 'shit'

I don't know about anyone else but I think that ad would have gone down much better if they had written 'where the fcuk are you ya dumb cunts'. Anyone agree?

LOL

I remember during that controversy, there was an old lady on the news saying "It shouldn't be said on TV or at all, it's not even part of the English language!"

That ad isn't banned, I've seen it on TV quite a lot.

To me it seems that over here, mother****er is the word you can't say on TV. I've seen a few shows where they won't bleep anything except the word mother****er.

What is the big deal with the word "bloody"? You mean to tell me you can say cunt on television but you can't say bloody? Well, you could say bloody, I guess. "A man was shot today in London and he went to the hospital very bloody." Thats alright. But somebody couldn't say "Damnit, you shut that dog up or I'l blow it to bloody hell with my shotty!" on television. Its like getting your undies in a bunch over the word darnit or golly.

I think they had to do some negotiation to allow it.

I thought the dancing abbos would be more offensive than either the 'bloody' or the 'hell'.

What? What banned advert is this?

The Australian Tourism Board had a campaign with the slogan "Where the bloody hell are you?". It was banned for obscenity.

This proving that Brits have no class.

America was founded by PURITANS which in translation can be called Prudes.
I never realized how puritanical us Americans really are till I went to England. I have to say that I fell in love with the Un-PC fashion in which every day English folk live their lives.
My fiance (who is English) shocked me from the moment we met and sometimes still shocks me to this day. I love it tho! Makes me laugh and makes him laugh when he sees me shocked.

Yeah...I never say the "C" word. Guess that's the puritan in me.

Cunt.

;).

But it's not banned. In fact, I saw it last night. Actually, just so I know. Did you hear that a certain part of it was banned or the whole thing? Because if it's a certain part, then I'm not going to know if it was banned or not. So you can tell me to shut up :P.
But if it's the whole thing, then it hasn't been banned because I saw it recently.

It was banned. Then it was allowed again after negotiations.

Basically, the Brits folded faster than Superman on laundry day.

Don't mention the Cricket! I think I may have mentioned it once or twice but I think I got away with it.

Come to think of it, don't discuss the Rugby either :fuzwink:

"Bloody" was the fisrt word of that calibre I ever used. I was three at the time, on holiday. I'd heard it on TV when I came downstairs one night. I went in the pool, came out and declared that it was "bloody freezing!"

I am now getting into the habit of swearing in chinese.

Statikk HDM what you do in your free time :D finding out laws. You ever think of becoming a lawyer or go into politics and beome a MP.

Refering to your topic... I just release that..the films/programmes dont use the words. Good for you *pat on the back*