Fudge! I mean, Shoot!

[noflyingfan]

Inspired by a conversation in chat...

When you want to say a swear word, but you're around kids or someone else you can't swear in front of, what word do you use instead of that swear word?

My answer:
I rarely have that problem, because I don't swear much to begin with. I don't really want to swear accidentally when interviewing someone or something, so I just refrain.

[xiknal]

in that underworld place called Heck, :evil souls are Darned for all eternity. They are not pleased, :cuss and are constantly Beaching and Tinkling :fuming and shouting Fudge and Shoot and Spit and Scheiss and Merde (unless the innocents :angel within earshot know German and French).

ahem...and then we have Tralala and Ding Ding Dong...:blush

[noflyingfan]

I believe that Gunther meant the Ding Dong Song to be a Christmas song, and that "Tra La La" refers to the way the heart sings on Christmas and "Ding Ding Dong" is Christmas bells. It's a song of joy, really.

[beaugest]

Well, I'm still trying to get over my Gunther anxiety. Not yet at the joy of Gunter part yet...
There's just something about a guy who looks like a smarmy used car salesman(nothing against non smarmy car guys) singing about his ding dong that makes me queasy. :barf I'm waiting for the Fear Of Gunther book so I can address these issues...

[spiffytoo]

This is really spiffyone. Spiffytoo has impeccable manners.

I, however, am prone to express the full range of my vocabulary at any moment...these are words that exist for a reason, and sometimes nothing else will do. I also, at times, admit that I take the name of the Almighty in vain on occasion.

When I go to Alabama, I say "gosh" a lot. And "junk" instead of "cr*p." I swear in front of kids though, so they will always remember me as their cool aunt Joanne who used to say "sh*t" all the time.

:hamster :hamster :hamster :hamster

[spiffytoo]

This is spiffytoo.

My Alabama grandmother has a lot of charming substitute slang. My favorite is "Well, I swannee to goodness!" for "I swear to God!" There's also "I do declare" and "Well, I'll BE", with strong accent on the last word.

Now if I could just find a smiley with a seersucker suit.
:tiphat

[WillFlyToDisney2]

Hey Spiffytoo,

Good Southerners don't swear. They find other ways to say what's on their mind.

My friend Paige used to be an FA for Delta. She would always tell me tales of rude passengers. (Think Julia Sugarbaker but shorter with blonde hair).

She told me once that the best thing about being Southern is that you can tell someone to go to "heck" with a smile on your face and they thank ya for it!!!!! Ah, so true....

Kelley

[xiknal]

...complete every pointed critique with "bless his/her heart", as in:

"she's such a pretentious, self-indulgent snob, bless her heart"
:lol

with a line like that, who needs to swear?

[Passenger Mark]

I have never heard my Dad swear... I promise... NEVER

He was in the Air Force, and was... or for that matter is a Fighter Pilot.

Anyways he was and is no wimp... I just never heard him swear.

HOWEVER... his favorite when things got rough was....

THUNDERNATION!

Don't ask me.. but it sent chills down our backs!

And Dad... I know that you read this board... so no disrespect intended!

It was Tom or Debbie not ME!!!

[beaugest]

Spiff 2---No way. I always thought "I do declare was something out of a movie---think Steel Magnolia...
I'm going to start saying it around my kids. I bet it will startle them into silence...
I grew up in the Bronx so you guys can imagine the words I learned. Mark I could relate to what you said about your dad(Hi Mark's dad). My mom never cursed...in English. However, she could let it rip in French(her language). However, it's so melodic in French that it gets diluted. She also taught me a Flemish curse that translates into "the kitchen sink." So, not very inspirational cursing went on in my house. However, I will admit that my kids went into French classes knowing how to curse but very little else...:noevil

[Debbielevis2]

Well, can't say that I'm all that innocent.

Raised three sons and spent many, many hours on baseball and football fields. Imagine what I've learned!

When I've slipped and gotten "that" look from my older sisters and brothers, I use this excuse:

"Well, it's not my fault! Sometimes I just open my mouth and s**t falls out".

THAT shuts 'em up.

[WillFlyToDisney2]

I work with all men, most in their mid-20's. You can imagine the language I hear! :shocked On the road I have been known to "curse like a sailor" when angry (which isn't very often at all) but usually I am my sugar sweet Southern belle self. :tiphat

[canoga]

....I swear like a sailor. I enjoy it. But, I also enjoy all things passive-agressive LOL.

When I am around the kids, I substitute 'Sunnybeaches' for son of a..... and 'freaking' for f....... and, well, you get my drift.

I don't do it at work or anywhere I would offend someone but in the right conditions, let those expletives fly!