tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post1691031732176905012..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: WHISPERS from WARWICKSHIREMimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-44859807809987911442014-06-20T11:46:57.472+08:002014-06-20T11:46:57.472+08:00I'm with you on the bad language front. Two t...I'm with you on the bad language front. Two two words you mention are not in my vocabulary and yet one finds the F word used in the right context in Lady Chatterly's Lover and one thinks nothing of it. It is a word that was apparently used a lot back in the 18th and 19th centuries and then must have gone out of favour.<br />I once said bugger when I was about 20 and my mum was shocked!!! It's strange but I don't think they use bloody or bugger much in the US.<br />What I hate is the gratuitous use of the F word in films (and occasionally the C word too these days). We watched a wonderful film the other night (George Clooney was in it so of course it was wonderful) but they used the F word in sentences where it had no real meaning (it was quite superfluous) and that is bad writing as far as I am concerned.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-74657312993964868912014-06-20T11:41:05.390+08:002014-06-20T11:41:05.390+08:00Yes, one of my favourite stories from Phil. xxYes, one of my favourite stories from Phil. xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-12892188494170346072014-06-20T11:40:49.015+08:002014-06-20T11:40:49.015+08:00From what I can make out the Barton were indeed go...From what I can make out the Barton were indeed good people, just not very polished is all.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-39397355139919112022014-06-20T11:40:25.646+08:002014-06-20T11:40:25.646+08:00Just to enjoy that small glass of beer perhaps?Just to enjoy that small glass of beer perhaps?Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-20540303957113094012014-06-20T11:40:03.432+08:002014-06-20T11:40:03.432+08:00Glad you enjoyed this one EC..it's one I'v...Glad you enjoyed this one EC..it's one I've always found so precious.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-52766772507533981632014-06-20T11:39:35.266+08:002014-06-20T11:39:35.266+08:00It is a quite delightful story isn't it? His ...It is a quite delightful story isn't it? His memory of Mrs Barton is a good one so she must have been good to him.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-88461796200281171412014-06-20T11:38:59.988+08:002014-06-20T11:38:59.988+08:00I think you are right and he was well cared for wh...I think you are right and he was well cared for which is the main thing. xMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-44681780630089590272014-06-19T17:38:19.615+08:002014-06-19T17:38:19.615+08:00I've heard far, far, worse so as far as I'...I've heard far, far, worse so as far as I'm concerned what you have up there isn't swearing to me. I've been known to say the JC myself in the past and bugger isn't really a swear word in my opinion.<br />Swearing, to me is those four letter F and C words. Thankfully I don't hear the C word often, hardly at all, but F now is so common I hear it everywhere, everyday. It's become as common as hello.<br />I think that people who swear have a different nature to those that don't. I know people who grew up not hearing that sort of language at home, yet they swear like wharf laborers. Others who grew up in households where every second word is a swear, yet don't swear at all. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-87245842624759207762014-06-19T07:12:20.259+08:002014-06-19T07:12:20.259+08:00Hari Om
Hehehe, that's a gem. YAM xxHari Om<br />Hehehe, that's a gem. YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-51546718670315193902014-06-19T06:48:25.884+08:002014-06-19T06:48:25.884+08:00Good story salt of the earth people they are very ...Good story salt of the earth people they are very honest.<br />Merle............Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-14428359708783221782014-06-19T04:43:51.131+08:002014-06-19T04:43:51.131+08:00Wonderful story! I wouldn't mind being droppe...Wonderful story! I wouldn't mind being dropped off with the Barton's either... :)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12573143203599624833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-27853709713412780142014-06-19T03:28:47.043+08:002014-06-19T03:28:47.043+08:00Given how fast children pick up (and claim as thei...Given how fast children pick up (and claim as their own) any bad language they must have been very, very careful. Which isn't easy.<br />Great story Mimsie - thank you (and Phil).Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-59567797550618965522014-06-18T19:51:43.595+08:002014-06-18T19:51:43.595+08:00Salt of the earth.... We wouldn't dream of swe...Salt of the earth.... We wouldn't dream of swearing before children but hand me that glass and I'll pour them some beer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-27647709549800508442014-06-18T18:45:17.664+08:002014-06-18T18:45:17.664+08:00Oh the Barton's seemed to have done no harm:) ...Oh the Barton's seemed to have done no harm:) hug BButtons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.com