Downgrading
Oct. 28th, 2010 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
At the intersection of this and this posts:
Is swearing the antithesis of using cutesy language? It offends my sensibilities much less to hear "fuck" than "feetsies" or somesuch.
Also, I have discovered one salient factor: I'm not just throwing "bad" words around, I happen to think I use them to punctuate my thoughts, and rather skillfully so. Descending into baby talk, however, is in my view a lowering of your projected talents and abilities.
Is swearing the antithesis of using cutesy language? It offends my sensibilities much less to hear "fuck" than "feetsies" or somesuch.
Also, I have discovered one salient factor: I'm not just throwing "bad" words around, I happen to think I use them to punctuate my thoughts, and rather skillfully so. Descending into baby talk, however, is in my view a lowering of your projected talents and abilities.