The F word on tv

I’m a big fan of Friday Night Dinner.
Martin would would often say ^ shit a brick^ in difficult situations.
I find myself using the expression ?

nanna
Swearing has absolutely nothing to do with class or breeding.
Princess Margaret was often heard to drop the F word in private.
The late Kenneth Tynan had a very full vocabulary but has the claim to fame as being the first person to drop the F word on TV.
A friend worked for the late Sarah Miles. Beautiful speaking voice but often turned the air blue.

It reflects how people talk, it’s useful for emphasising points, it’s a fun word to say.

Ultimately, it’s just a word and this is a key part of modern language. Clearly it’s not putting the majority of people off so it really is a case of like it or lump it.

Baggs

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Baggs

Being constantly force-fed the F word and violence on TV makes you accept it.

Switch violent and sweary programmes off. You are not forced to watch anything. ??‍♀️

You are forced to put up with the swearing if it's a good movie or drama series you want to watch. Otherwise switch off and watch what....gardening, cooking, sewing, house renovations, travelling? I prefer drama.

Nope. Still not forced. You have a choice: watch it and to hell with the swearing, or don't watch it and miss the drama.

As my dad used to say if we wanted a choice at mealtimes: you always have a choice; the choice is eat it or don't eat it.

You have proved my point because 'watch it and to hell with the swearing' means you have to start accepting the F word as normal conversation, which is what we are on the whole not happy with. There is virtually no adult drama series today without the F word (except Doc Martin which is why we love it!)

But honestly, why ???? We had perfectly good dramas 10 or more years ago which did not have the F word at all. So why it it even necessary?

I don’t often use the F word and don’t like hearing it on tv or radio, especially when it’s used very frequently but have been known to use the occasional bugger, or Buggeration.

It just means they are trying to impress others and be accepted. Thankfully my peer group don’t require that sort of language, they have a better vocabulary.

I too dislike the use of God or Jesus. Used quite a lot over here in NI.

I too dislike the use of ‘God’ in this way. And ‘OMG’.

Although may people would call me atheist I do dislike 'God' used as a careless expletive. This gives me a bad feeling every time I hear it, and it seems to quite respectable too.

I just remembered my best chum and I used to say "Hell's teeth". I think we got it out of a favourite book.

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Baggs

Being constantly force-fed the F word and violence on TV makes you accept it.

Switch violent and sweary programmes off. You are not forced to watch anything. ??‍♀️

You are forced to put up with the swearing if it's a good movie or drama series you want to watch. Otherwise switch off and watch what....gardening, cooking, sewing, house renovations, travelling? I prefer drama.

Nope. Still not forced. You have a choice: watch it and to hell with the swearing, or don't watch it and miss the drama.

As my dad used to say if we wanted a choice at mealtimes: you always have a choice; the choice is eat it or don't eat it.

Baggs

*Being constantly force-fed the F word and violence on TV makes you accept it.*

Switch violent and sweary programmes off. You are not forced to watch anything. ??‍♀️

You are forced to put up with the swearing if it's a good movie or drama series you want to watch. Otherwise switch off and watch what....gardening, cooking, sewing, house renovations, travelling? I prefer drama.

I quite like ‘bugrit’. But to answer the OP, I have no problem with the fuck word. A lot of children and young adults watch very little, if any terrestrial TV, their entertainment is streamed, so it depends on how well supervised, if necessary, that is.

Totally with you Merylstreep I don’t overuse it but every now and then it’s the only one that is enough isn’t it ???

Yes bugger was another that was around a lot , a generation before us you don’t really hear it now
Swearing is only words I m not offended except I really don’t like to hear the ‘c’ word it seems a harsh sounding unattractive word

F is only overused with this younger generation because it’s not look on as a swear word it’s no difference to them than us saying bother

Yes MerylStreep, we seem to have lost sight of the meaning of that one.

MerylStreep

It’s strange, isn’t it that a lot of people have no problem with the word ^ bugger^ when technically it means to sodomise.

I find that odd also

It’s strange, isn’t it that a lot of people have no problem with the word ^ bugger^ when technically it means to sodomise.

Sorry, didn’t answer the OP. No I don’t like it on tv and think that broadcasters should lead and not follow.

We lived in Australia for many years where the expression was ‘go and root’ meaning the same as F… off.
When we returned to the U.K. the f word sounded dreadful to me. My eight year old was invited to play with the son of the local landowner, big country house, hunting, shooting, fishing, green wellies, wax jacket.
I went to collect him and was invited to stay for a cuppa. My hostess shouted up the stairs to her five year old, time to get out out of the bath Rupert. The boy shouted ‘I’ve got my fucking action man stuck in the fucking plug hole’. I gasped as I expected her to go charging up the stairs to drag him out of the bath and reprimand him, but no, she just shouted back ‘well fucking well pull it out and do as your told.
She did become one of my very best friends and I became used to her colourful vocabulary but didn’t adopt it, at least not in public.

Baggs

*... bit rude telling people to "give it a rest".*

Technically, I think inserting "Let's" before this phrase makes it an unrude suggestion ?

anno, I came across "fuxake" fairly recently and I honestly rather like it.

... "unrude"

Yes, maybe you're right.

I just don't understand why the topic wasn't simply ignored tho', FFS.

I guess I get a bit tetchy on social media sites when someone appears to want to 'censor' (however mildly) the content, so it's probably just me.

And, of course, I could've taken my own advice somewhat and ignored the comment!

Bugger, or I’ll be buggered is a favourite in the North East and as Soop often says in her kindly kitchen ‘things can be a buggeration’.

Recently we watched a 1960s film. Great story, action-packed, no swearing. Sadly the F word seems to be considered essential in any film now. However, to deviate, in recent years every film seemed to have at least one scene showing a topless woman. I always thought it unnecessary. However that seems to have stopped now even when people are shown to be having sex. Have you noticed?

I've been watching Netflix's "Bloodline" on my laptop my husband was watching something else on his tablet he told me every time he took his ear phones out there was someone using the f word on my prog. I'm a bit immune to it really! Although hate to hear it in a public place full of the elderly and young children, I take the view that I can make the choice to switch off if I'm offended but they don't have that choice.

As an expression of utter frustration

... bit rude telling people to "give it a rest".

Technically, I think inserting "Let's" before this phrase makes it an unrude suggestion ?

anno, I came across "fuxake" fairly recently and I honestly rather like it.