Ford Ute Ad with the "B" Word..

[LG17]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Huh...i'm old enough to remember when the song "Snoopy and the Red Baron" played on the radio actually had the word "Bloody" in the line about the "bloody Red Baron of Germany" was bleeped out...when it wasn't "bloody" as in "bloody hell", but "bloody" as in "war is a bloody business"...this was back in the mid seventies.

Try the mid 60s!!

[turbodewd]

Downton Abbey?!

no way, Bob's Burger's thanx!

[poppa smurf]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Huh...i'm old enough to remember when the song "Snoopy and the Red Baron" played on the radio actually had the word "Bloody" in the line about the "bloody Red Baron of Germany" was bleeped out...when it wasn't "bloody" as in "bloody hell", but "bloody" as in "war is a bloody business"...this was back in the mid seventies.

lot more than just that, just off the top of my head there is

"where the bloody hell are you!"
"rip your bloody arms off!"
Kevin bloody wilson

I have never seen bloody as a naughty word, nor bugger!.....true meaning of bugger has been lost in time

I hear a lot of "fricken" on the tv lately.......pretty close to swearing isn't it??..or is it?

[AndyXR6T]

Doesn't bugger have something to do with sotamy?

Growing up with an English father and grand parents, "bloody" and "bugger" were considered swear words. Even recently I said "bloody" whole talking to my Nan and she had a go at me for swearing lol

[AndyXR6T]

Originally Posted by poppa smurf

I hear a lot of "fricken" on the tv lately.......pretty close to swearing isn't it??..or is it?

Yeh I agree that it's close to swearing. In saying that the actual "F" word is becoming a lot more common on TV and other media lately. It's becoming very easily accessible with less filtering, and I don't see it getting any better any time soon.

[poppa smurf]

my understanding of "bugger" is another word for sodomy but I think Aussies have taken it to a different place, one that has no attachment to the true meaning anymore, I use it a lot and I use bloody all the time

bloody and bugger were outlawed at our house whilst we were growing up, no swearing tolerated at all but compared to todays language I think they are mild indeed

the "fricken" I heard on a cartoon show in the "children's" time slot.....I didn't like it but I thought I was being a bit prudish, which I probably am......I'm not one for swearing unless I'm alone and VERY angry

given the choice between the two parallels I would rather hear the lesser of the two

[Russ]

In this day and age I'm surprised that the "F" word isn't being used in TV commercials and newspapers ads. Every time you walk down the street or into a shopping centre it's virtually impossible to avoid hearing it

I know I have used several choice swear words over the years but mainly when I'm lying under a car and things are not going according to plan

[aussie muscle]

I haven't seen the ad in question

QUOTE=AndyXR6T;4675839]Yeh I agree that it's close to swearing. In saying that the actual "F" word is becoming a lot more common on TV and other media lately. It's becoming very easily accessible with less filtering, and I don't see it getting any better any time soon.[/QUOTE]

what's the difference between 'Frack' and real swearing? (frack is used in (Nu) Battlestar Galactica). Stephen Fry's Planet Word had a whole segment on swearing and made heaps of swears without bleeping them out!

[mike_nofx]

Toyota was using "bugger" well before Ford:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RfAYnCxkK0

[AndyXR6T]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

I haven't seen the ad in question

what's the difference between 'Frack' and real swearing? (frack is used in (Nu) Battlestar Galactica). Stephen Fry's Planet Word had a whole segment on swearing and made heaps of swears without bleeping them out!

The difference there is that noone watches battle star galactica

[AndyXR6T]

Originally Posted by mike_nofx

Toyota was using "bugger" well before Ford:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RfAYnCxkK0

Lol I completely forgot about that ad

[mik]

Originally Posted by poppa smurf

lot more than just that, just off the top of my head there is

"where the bloody hell are you!"
"rip your bloody arms off!"
Kevin bloody wilson

I have never seen bloody as a naughty word, nor bugger!.....true meaning of bugger has been lost in time

I hear a lot of "fricken" on the tv lately.......pretty close to swearing isn't it??..or is it?

Yes langage is evolving, frig friggen bugger barsted, these days they seem tame , once upon a time you would never have heard the f word or the c word in anything but an adults only rated r or x, these days it's anything goes.
Funnily enough often I would have been stuck in a waiting room waiting to get paperwork with 30 other truck drivers during the day, I would come home and and any language heard amongst the other truckies would pale into insignificance next to what came out of the mouths of teenage girls next door.