Fuck is just fun to say. Its just a great sounding word and I am very annoyed by the fact that its considered socially unacceptable --Personally, I find no reason why this perfectly fantastic word has gotten such a bad rap - however, now that i think of it - if it wasn't considered inappropriate in most situations - i wouldn't like it as much as i do

Good point. For those of us fucktillious enough to use it, it's a great tool simply because it's so fucking repulsive to most people. I can't remember the exact word, but in German there's a word that has no meaning, it just emphasizes the word after it. Fuck serves this purpose in English, mainly because the "moral majority" finds it so fucking offensive.

There's no exact equivalent, but several interjections serve a similar purpose in Krautish. For example, "ja", "aber", and "doch" can all function as emphasis words, depending on usage.

Well, personally - I think Fuck should be the universal word for emphatic speech. Actaully, I'm pretty sure it is well-known - considering i was engaged in a very heated discussion with a pig-headed Frenchman in Paris and he said "Fuck you" (the first english words i'd heard out of his mouth). It made me laugh hearing him say it - all these fluid french ramblings and then "FUck you'"

Just a tiny footnote..the use of fuck dates back to the late 1870s..."They go not to heaven because they fuck the wives." .. It is a good word because no word is all encompassing and expressive of a wide range of emotions...from lust to anger to hatred or just a perky ending...

My dear, it goes back a lot further than that. It entered Middle English from the German fricken, "to rub". (The decline of usage of the OED is one more indicator of the decline of civilation.) And I would be interested to learn the source of your quote. I was under the impression that wife-fucking was the ONLY type acceptable to interested parties dealing with heavenly admission requirements.

My dear, it goes back a lot further than that. It entered Middle English from the German fricken, "to rub". (The decline in usage of the OED is one more indicator of the decline of civilization.) And I would be interested to learn the source of your quote. I was under the impression that wife-fucking was the ONLY type acceptable to interested parties dealing with heavenly admission requirements.

Fuck. Hate when that happens. Also, wouldn't want to have the younger generation going around misusing German vulgarisms due to a typo: that infinitive should read "ficken". Fruck.

Fuck is actually an abrevation. Farticated Use of Cardnial Knowledge

Shdn't that be 'carnal' knowledge, dear?

or perhaps 'carnival'?

carnivorous. I hunger for farticated knowledge.

LOL! Hey Sheila! How's yr menagerie? And be careful chasing after that black duck. 'Tis early in the season & the ice may not be strong enuf to support you.

Van Halen tells me it is For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Eddie, like Joni Mitchel, don't lie.

No, but I bet Valerie does, sometimes.....

Yet ma in Thai means Go Fuck your Mother, and apparently it is the worst thing you can possibly say to someone.

I once read in a magazine that, in certain cultures in Africa, oedipal stuff like the above isn't considered offensive. It's considered so preposterous that they just disregard it. However, it is considered very offensive if you say a man has sex his own wife. It's much too private.

Finally my stupid browser will let me add a message, and I can't think of a funking thing to say! Oh, but my new job is very cool - lots of nice people to work with, but I am undergoing information overload with all the new stuff I have to learn. And my work is only 5 min walk from home, and they have a swimming pool I can use after hours!

Hey, missed you, NZ Angel..........Welcome back ! The new job sounds COOL !

oh man...wish my job had a swimmin pool *jealous*

I haven't figured out where to get a key yet, but this summer, I am only a short walk from the pool! I tried out buying groceries from the self service area last night - everything at cost, and charged to my account, to be paid automatically next time I get paid! Very cool. It's great to be back, even if it is a little more intermittent!

Damn, that sounds like a REALLY cool job-any openings ????