Hello JOE!

** On Wednesday 27.01.21 - 06:00, JOE MACKEY wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

 JM>    Aug wrote --
 >> It can make an impact to the right persons.

 JM>   True.
 JM>   I make a value judgement on people who use foul language as being less
 JM> educated.  (No matter how many letters they may have after their name).
 JM>   I get the impression they are also not very bright.


[1]

[https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/worried-about-your- 
foul-mouth-swearing-could-actually-be-good-for-you]

"Are people who swear more intelligent?

"The psychologists found that an individual's fluency in the
English language was linked to fluency in swearing. In other
words, swearing may actually be a sign of greater intellect, not
less, and a more robust vocabulary.Jan 14, 2020

[2]

[https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/campuspress.yale.edu/dist/a/1215/ 
files/2016/05/Giordano-rg5y5r.pdf]

"Is swearing a sign of low intelligence?

"There was a sta- tistically significant correlation found
between IQ score and whether or not the participant report- ed
that he or she attempts to expand his or her vocabulary. These
findings show that although cursing may not be socially
desirable, it is not a predictor of intelligence or the lack
thereof.

"The Relationship between Profanity and Intelligence - Yale ...  
2016/05


 >> Afterall.. what those words?  ..they basically just sounds.

 JM>    But words mean things.
 JM>    They are a representation of something that is known.
 JM>    Otherwise why have any language at all?

 >> daughter to cease her cussing.  My aunt immediately broke out
 >> with something like "F*ck, sh*t, p*ss, etc.. are just sounds.

 JM>    Then so the sounds of "love", "family", "honour", etc.
 JM>    Then they don't mean anything either. If words have no
 JM>    meaning and are just sounds why use them at all?  Why
 JM>    not just grunt and point?

Maybe my aunt is a bad illustration. Her first language is NOT  
english.  So yeah.. I can understand that the common english  
swear words can seem like "just sounds" to her.
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  ../|ug

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