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From: "Pat McClay" <>
Subject: An observation
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 10:54:26 -0000


In December my man (Andy) and I were in Dublin for a weekend break. It was a lovely place and the people (they probably wouldn't like this) reminded me very much of Glaswegians (I'm one before anyone says anything!). It was a really comfortable city to visit and I'll definitely go back But the one thing I noticed was really prevalent was the use of the F*** word. I wasn't offended in any way, as I've been known to use it myself when provoked. But there were blue-rinsed old grannies and small children using it to punctuate every sentence. (My mother wouldn't dream of using the word.) And as I've heard the Germans worst profanity is "swinehund" and the Japanese don't have any swearwords at all, I wondered - does this explain national characteristics? Not lumping everyone into one boat, but the Japanese and the Germans are pretty anal retentive. Any thoughts?

Pat

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