Bad language

Mostly it washes over me, apart from the word that would probably upset most people, as I massively resent being reduced to my sexual parts. I also think we can tell a lot about the position of women in our society when a word for women's sexual parts is considered to be the worst thing one can call someone.

Other than that, the word I dislike most is probably 'sh**'. It's just so lazy. 'It was sh**.' What does that mean? 'It was a bit of excrement', 'it wasn't very good', 'it was dreadful', 'I didn't like the look of it', 'I didn't have a good time' etc etc

On TV, or in a book, if that turn of phrase suits a character, then fine. But in real life, it makes me a bit judgey, I'm afraid.

PS Can anyone tell me where the symbol used on here to make italics is found on a mac keyboard, please?

I just don’t like it, I work with a lot of tradespeople, so it’s certainly not like I don’t hear it, and people think nothing of giving you a mouthful of obscenities over the phone, I have a colleague who deletes any email containing bad language, he doesn’t see why he should have to reply to it, and I agree!

There’s lots of swearing in the books! Including this example twenty odd pages into the first one.

“In a month’s time,” he said, enunciating clearly for me, “the f***ing government is going to bulldoze this whole site and build a f***ing motorway over it. They graciously agreed to leave a f***ing traffic island for the keep, so they can w**k off about how much they’ve done to preserve our heritage.”

*s added by me not Tana French

Love the programme, but must admit I find it a bit confusing at times but look forward to the next bit.

Remember when the Sex Pistols shocked us all by using the F word on TV for the first time with Bill Grundy? It made headlines! It's been downhill ever since. We never used to have bad language on TV so why is it necessary now? I was brought up in a non-swearing home so I’m not comfortable with gratuitous bad language, although there are some exceptions. ‘This Country’ is one where I’m prepared to laugh it off because the characters are supposed to make you cringe!

I’ve never read one of her books, but have ordered one today

I quite enjoyed the programme.

If you want to watch a drama that displays a degree of accuracy then I think you have to expect a level of accuracy in looking at the behaviours and language of those depicted and having worked in criminal justice for many year's, that language is heard every day!

glad i dont have tv .but even dvds that i watch. i read the intro think ahh that sounds good .what the the first words in the first sentence the f word twice, and a b*******d in the next scene. although it sounded a good story .no way was i going to listen to the rest ,quite spoilt my evening in..there is no need to swear.

'Obscene' words from an old lady would upset more people than same words from a 'builder' . It's funny as I am what is generally called an atheist but I feel taken aback by blasphemy, although the French have been saying it forever. Excreta doesn't bother me although I inhibit my exclamations in polite company.

I'm more bothered about what people do , than bad language

I remember being shocked at the start of “Four Weddings and a Funeral” as it was all f f f . That was about 1993, and it was considered hilarious. I must be a prude I know, but still don’t like to hear it.

HavantGuard

I admit I didn't notice any swearing but I did read the book a year or more ago.
To me the part you have quoted expresses frustration and anger. I am not offended.
I just do not want to be sworn at.

I guess there are not too many Deadwood fans here atm
or are there?

I just wish I knew what the flip it is all about. Too confusing.

Bad language and the evil use of words are part of ACTIONS - war, child abuse, animal cruelty, famine, poverty, the list is endless.. You cannot separate them.

I rarely watch television, only when I am ill or doing the ironing

I gave up watching Peaky Blinders because of their use of the "f" word - not so much because it was swearing, but because it wasn't the swear word of choice in those days - men, and it was mostly men, used " b....r" and "bl...y". I worked in a male environment and most men didn't swear in front of women.

I did give it another shot and this time I didn’t do anything else so I could follow the plot. I thought it was really good and the bad language was only by that detective who called it ‘craic’ . ( is that how you spell it ? ) I still found him abnoxious and I like to think the police are more ‘professional’ for want of a better word but I might be naive.

Well after saying I enjoyed it, I really thought it showed promise how wrong can I be, episode two had me so confused that I lost the plot I actually thought I must have nodded off as it made so little sense to me, however I didn’t think I had nodded off but presumed I must have, and then my daughter texted me, asked if I was watching and said she understand it When I went to work today I asked my colleague she hadn’t a clue either so when I spoke to my close friend on the phone tonight, knowing we usually watch the same things I asked her, she said she gave up as she didn’t ‘get it’
So gonegirl I m with you all the way now

Nowadays I have to watch this sort of programme with another person because I keep having to ask , ‘ What did he say ? ‘ and even when I do hear it I stop the recording and ask the other half if he understands the same as me. Sometimes - often - neither of us understands ! But having watched the first episode twice it became much clearer. Maybe this is the answer .

Chestnut
I don't know how old you are but the Sex Pistols weren't the first to use the F word on TV. It was Kenneth Tynan in 1963.
Now that was shocking ?

I don’t remember Kenneth Tynan but I have heard about it. As a teenager I used to have discussions with my dad about why you can say duck but not . I didn’t understand then about respect. It isn't really the f word that I was complaining about. It was the phrases used by the detective in every sentence. I mean once or twice and we get the message but then maybe there are people like him. Really unpleasant and bullying. Luckily I haven’t met any.

My asterisks didn’t print but you know what I meant after ‘duck but not ( rhyming word ) ‘

I've given up. Too confusing.

Unless it's regularly and aggressively used, I'm not that bothered about bad language.

I agree with *SalsaQueen" that there are far more important things to get angry about.

BlueBelle I'm with you in that the first episode seemed promising, the second was confusing and the third even more confusing. There seem to be several different story lines, I suppose they will come together by the end. I am having difficulty differentiating who the characters are and how they relate to the story lines in the past. To have the two detectives both having dark secrets, along with other characters too, is too much for my ageing brain to cope with. The end of episode three let me even more confused. I will stick with it for now.

I meant to also say that I am working so hard to understand what’s going on I haven't noticed the bad language.