Swears in blog posts

[OwlHoot]

speling bee

'Oath' is a good noun, or 'swearword'. 'Swearing' is for the act.

"swearing in" can be a noun though

Right, now where is that "ignore posts" button again ...

[speling bee]

I don't think the verb (to) swear necessarily has to be vocal. Also, using swear as a noun doesn't sound right to me, although I'm sure it is valid.

Maybe SpellingBee can help

speling bee

'Oath' is a good noun, or 'swearword'. 'Swearing' is for the act.

[Pondlife]

Swear - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

According to MW, swear can be a noun.

It must be a yank thing. It just sounds and reads wrong to me.

[mudskipper]

Swear - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

According to MW, swear can be a noun.

[OwlHoot]

Maybe SpellingBee can help

Oh God, don't encourage him/her/it

All those dancing bananas make my head spin

[SpontaneousOrder]

If 'selfie' is in the dictionary, then it's only a matter of time until 'swears' (not the verb) is. I'm just ahead of my time.

[Bunk]

Swears == swear [word]s.
Swearing == the act of enunciating a swear word.

One can't swear on a forum, but one CAN write swear words.

I don't think the verb (to) swear necessarily has to be vocal. Also, using swear as a noun doesn't sound right to me, although I'm sure it is valid.

Maybe SpellingBee can help

[SpontaneousOrder]

Swears == swear [word]s.
Swearing == the act of enunciating a swear word.

One can't swear on a forum, but one CAN write swear words.

[Pondlife]

It does sound quite lolspeaky doesn't it.

It gives me "Dem feels"

Maybe it's too much 9gag.

[Bunk]

What is it with replacing the -ing with -s on internet posts?

I keep sees it everywhere.

It does sound quite lolspeaky doesn't it.

[SpontaneousOrder]

I reckon it is unprofessional and pathetic, as if the author is trying to sound trendy West Coast Yank.

For a British author, it is the literary equivalent of pretentiously eating a main meal with just a fork.

Oddly enough, I only ever use a knife in polite company, or if the situation REALLY needs it (like pork-chops).

[Pondlife]

What is it with replacing the -ing with -s on internet posts?

I keep sees it everywhere.

[OwlHoot]

I reckon it is unprofessional and pathetic, as if the author is trying to sound trendy West Coast Yank.

For a British author, it is the literary equivalent of pretentiously eating a main meal with just a fork.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Do you think it's a good idea to keep the odd little swear out of a personal blog that might be found by a prospective client, or even used to advertise yourself to them?


My blog (generally technical/process related) is partly my own way to record ideas and understandings, partly to prevent me from having to repeat myself over an over again or to make it easier so I can link to it from somewhere else which doesn't have much screen space, and partly as a way to advertise myself (I know it can help a lot, especially with non-techies, to show that you might not just be a nine to five-er).

I want to write the way I'd naturally do so, because it represents myself honestly. But lets say I wrote something like "so and so has finally got his tulip sorted" instead of "so and so has finally got his stuff sorted" - do you reckon anyone would actually care? Or does it look unprofessional ?

I suppose the issue I have is that it's not meant to be a professional blog - but it might be helpful to me in professional situations.