Can something be done about people using words of swear?

KrzyKtty

KrzyKtty

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BreeBeesMom said:
Husband and I and our two little ones were walking past the American Adventure on Sunday in what we though was a good family clean theme park. What I heard from a grown gentleman walking in the opposite direction past us was appalling and not fitting for what your parks stand for. He said and I kid you not out loud in front of family and children alike the C word. At first I was like in shock thinking surely someone especially grownup would never say such thing at a family place like Disney. After a few second it register that is exactly what he say. I turned to my husband who also heard. My husband just mumble to me to ignore and lets keep walking but I wanted to find security to get that man out of your park. We kept walking for awhile and by the time we reach Morocco I had to stop and sit down. We found a quite spot in Morocco and I ask my children had they heard what the man had say. They did not so I had to explain what was said and why nobody should ever in a family place like Disney use such language. There needs to be more security informing people that Disney is a place for the young and the family and nobody should be talking as if they are in some bar or locker room with the fellows talking filth. It was pure filth what he say. Neither of my children had ever heard this word until Disney of all places. This should not happen. Please do something or have more security around the park to keep an ear open for filth in front of families who come to create memories not hear swears. It was two gentlemen around two thirty yesterday afternoon but not exact sure. They were walking past America Adventure in the World Showcase toward direction of Italy when he shout to his friend YOU ARE FULL OF C I will not repeat the rest but it was loud enough to be hear by us who were across path going to direction of Morocco and Japan. We could not find any security and did not want to bother other cast mem not responsible for this. But please remind people who come to this place that Disney is family fun for all ages. Thank you.
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Thank you. This post is hilarious and I am guessing a troll post. Because you do realize that the people who run this forum do not in fact own the parks...

And if your children in fact did not hear it I'm not sure why you would point out what was said to them in the first place.

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Hcalvert

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I taught in England earlier in my teaching career and toward the beginning of my tenure there, I said to the students (Years 7-10-approx. 11 to 15 year olds) "oh crap" after hitting my knee on a student desk and dropping all their papers. I got in trouble and pulled into the headmistress's office over it. I had no idea it was considered such a vulgar word. I apologized profusely and tried to watch my language from that point forward. I don't even say that word in my classroom anymore and I have been back in the US about 10 years now. I have to say though I heard a lot worse language in a middle school hallway than what is being put here.

This is off topic (I don't think it's offensive-just funny), I overheard a middle school student in the hallway yell: "There is a hole in your pants and I can see your booty cheeks!"

*Edited--because I remembered what I said over 10 years ago after I asked my British husband if he remembered the situation and he still laughs at me about it.
 
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KrzyKtty

KrzyKtty

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And for the record I do not think that word is a swear word, not a particularly polite word, but not a swear word. If it's not the F word and it's not the A word and maybe I'll even give you the one that starts with an S, most others I would generally consider impolite but not exactly a swear word.
 
LittleBuford

LittleBuford

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Goofyernmost said:
It was used by Agatha Christie in many of her mysteries. You folks probably got more sophisticated since those days.
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The word didn't have the same pejorative meaning back when she was writing and certainly can't be used that way in today's British English. The equivalent now would be "old biddy".

Since the conversation has meandered this way, I can't help sharing this video of the legendary Mrs. Slocombe:

 
nickys

nickys

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LittleBuford said:
The word didn't have the same pejorative meaning back when she was writing and certainly can't be used that way in today's British English. The equivalent now would be "old biddy".

Since the conversation has meandered this way, I can't help sharing this video of the legendary Mrs. Slocombe:

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Now that was considered pretty daring by some at the time. But in a strange way, the older generation of that era really didn’t know the connotation of it, certainly my parents didn’t.
 
LittleBuford

LittleBuford

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Hcalvert said:
I taught in England earlier in my teaching career and toward the beginning of my tenure there, I said something to the students (Years 7-10) like "don't forget to put away your crap." I got in trouble and pulled into the headmistress's office over it.
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Wait, would Americans generally consider it normal or appropriate for a teacher to say this to their students?! If so, I'm genuinely surprised.
 
KrzyKtty

KrzyKtty

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LittleBuford said:
Wait, would Americans generally consider it normal or appropriate for a teacher to say this to their students?! If so, I'm genuinely surprised.
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Probably depends on the area and the grade level. What I expect that sort of language in elementary school, no. But I heard that sort of stuff for my teachers when I was in high school all the time. I won't tell you how long ago that was though 🤣🤣.
 
LittleBuford

LittleBuford

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nickys said:
Now that was considered pretty daring by some at the time. But in a strange way, the older generation of that era really didn’t know the connotation of it, certainly my parents didn’t.
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I'd be shocked if they didn't. The whole point of the joke was that everyone understood the connotation except for Mrs. Slocombe herself.
 
TotallyBiased

TotallyBiased

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LittleBuford said:
Wait, would Americans generally consider it normal or appropriate for a teacher to say this to their students?! If so, I'm genuinely surprised.
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My grammar teacher back in 7th or 8th grade would use it to express his disappointment with basic adjectives. "Happy?? Crappy." Graduated high school in '89.
 
LittleBuford

LittleBuford

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KrzyKtty said:
Probably depends on the area and the grade level. What I expect that sort of language in elementary school, no. But I heard that sort of stuff for my teachers when I was in high school all the time. I won't tell you how long ago that was though 🤣🤣.
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This tallies with what I would have expected (my previous post was mostly with reference to primary/elementary schools).
 
M

Minnie Mum

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BreeBeesMom said:
Husband and I and our two little ones were walking past the American Adventure on Sunday in what we though was a good family clean theme park. What I heard from a grown gentleman walking in the opposite direction past us was appalling and not fitting for what your parks stand for. He said and I kid you not out loud in front of family and children alike the C word. At first I was like in shock thinking surely someone especially grownup would never say such thing at a family place like Disney. After a few second it register that is exactly what he say. I turned to my husband who also heard. My husband just mumble to me to ignore and lets keep walking but I wanted to find security to get that man out of your park. We kept walking for awhile and by the time we reach Morocco I had to stop and sit down. We found a quite spot in Morocco and I ask my children had they heard what the man had say. They did not so I had to explain what was said and why nobody should ever in a family place like Disney use such language. There needs to be more security informing people that Disney is a place for the young and the family and nobody should be talking as if they are in some bar or locker room with the fellows talking filth. It was pure filth what he say. Neither of my children had ever heard this word until Disney of all places. This should not happen. Please do something or have more security around the park to keep an ear open for filth in front of families who come to create memories not hear swears. It was two gentlemen around two thirty yesterday afternoon but not exact sure. They were walking past America Adventure in the World Showcase toward direction of Italy when he shout to his friend YOU ARE FULL OF C I will not repeat the rest but it was loud enough to be hear by us who were across path going to direction of Morocco and Japan. We could not find any security and did not want to bother other cast mem not responsible for this. But please remind people who come to this place that Disney is family fun for all ages. Thank you.
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Oh you poor, poor delicate flower. Hearing a single mild expletive uttered by someone passing by, and in a low enough voice that your children didn't hear it, was sufficient to give you a case of the vapours so severe that you had to find a place to rest?
And inflamed your sense of righteousness so much that you chose that moment for a lecture to said innocent offspring on socially acceptable language?
And continued to stir your moral outrage to the degree that you were still awake and posting about it in the middle of the night?
So upset that instead of complaining to Disney, you post a rant on a fan site?

Sweetheart, you really need to get out more. And pack some smelling salts.

Oh, and paragraphs are your friend. Learn it. Live it.
 

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