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Originally Posted by Aktungbby
English is a fabulous language of innumerable facets and subtleties; let's stay creative-it's actually more fun. 
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I'd want things to stay the way they are, allowing those of us who want to have a bit of fun with innuendo still to do so. Some rude words do add greatly in emphasising a point, but once they're allowed then there's no going back and I agree with Neal that current standards keep Subsim a cut above and a'classier' place to hang out.
But, as with spelling, there are differences between UK and US English that create anomalies, also traditions of bawdy usage on this side of the ocean which we think of as harmless but US readers either wouldn't get and/or suspect were offensive. I know the reverse is also true, where a few fairly mild terms Americans use with impunity might raise very disapproving looks here. I've used these (I have to confess) hoping that they'd raise a titter among my mates in the UK and Oz, but at the same time get past a moderator... sorry
"I never understood why I'm allowed to say
bollocks..."
One other thing:
I don't want to derail by mention of the related subject of
vulgarity, but just as this can involve use of bad language, it also can make use of euphemism... does that offend as well?
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