Reply #3: Amazing to be that ignorant. But, yes in some circles not surprising. In Scotland and Ireland they [View All]

[Captain Hilts]

say 'fuck' isn't swearing, it's punctuation. Hence how none of Scotland or Ireland was surprised to read of the World's Most Famous Church Volunteer, Susan Boyle, using it.

Secret Service were horrified to hear Bill and Hillary using it on occasion. Somehow GWB's using it never made headlines. Surprise, surprise.

When I hear folks using it a lot around older folks, I'll sometimes say, "hey folks, there are some older folks here that aren't as comfortable as you and I are with that word."

Use of the word used to be class-based. Upper classes didn't generally use it.