My favorite bar in Seattle is a speakeasy style hole in the wall that serves prohibition-era classic cocktails. The bartenders know me by name...or rather, by my nickname....and they hug me when I walk in. I've been there once or twice..... At one point I had my own menu and could make notes about drinks I like and off-menu things I tried.
This place has a unique atmosphere, that they work to cultivate, by enforcing such rules as "no flash photography" and "dont bring anyone here you wouldn't invite to Sunday lunch at your grandmother's".
But the number one rule is "Speak easy."
A great rule, if you ask me. I wish more places had this rule. All too often, I'm finding I'm encountering speech that can be described as....un-easy, at least, but probably more accurately as harsh, crude, vulgar or foul.
Is nothing sacred? I find traditionally extreme and off-limits language cropping up in all kinds of places these days. The "F word", the "c word" and more are flying around at warp speed, with abundant regularity.
Maybe I'm just old-fashioned....but it seems to me that just a LITTLE more effort by people would lead to FAR more creative statements, declarations and exclamations. Who's with me?!
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Thursday, June 4, 2009
What the F?
Yes, I know I'm old-fashioned. I have learned to embrace it. I'm not out of touch...I Twitter, I'm on Facebook, I don't say "groovy" or even "cool beans".
But there are some things I just can't get behind. Like pre-teen girls wearing thongs and dressing like women who earn their money on street corners. And the ubiquity of the "F word". Seriously, people, when did that become ok!?!?
I mean, it's one thing to allow the F-bomb in cable or premium channel television, as they all come with the warning and you know what you're about to see/hear. But how is this allowed as a domain name? With zero warning?
The act to which that word refers is probably not a good idea for mixed-company conversation. But if you are going to discuss it, there are SO many creative and colorful euphemisms to choose from: there are the nonsense words (Boink, Pork, Shag), the odd phrases (make whoopee, knock boots, do the horizontal tango), the hardware terms (Bang, Nail, Screw) and the ones that sort of sound the same (Freak, Frick, Puck).
And yet, still, the F word (which of course, no one calls "the F word" anymore) pops up in everyday conversation.
I know I'm old-fashioned, but is nothing taboo anymore? Have we become totally desensitized?
*sigh*
But there are some things I just can't get behind. Like pre-teen girls wearing thongs and dressing like women who earn their money on street corners. And the ubiquity of the "F word". Seriously, people, when did that become ok!?!?
I mean, it's one thing to allow the F-bomb in cable or premium channel television, as they all come with the warning and you know what you're about to see/hear. But how is this allowed as a domain name? With zero warning?
The act to which that word refers is probably not a good idea for mixed-company conversation. But if you are going to discuss it, there are SO many creative and colorful euphemisms to choose from: there are the nonsense words (Boink, Pork, Shag), the odd phrases (make whoopee, knock boots, do the horizontal tango), the hardware terms (Bang, Nail, Screw) and the ones that sort of sound the same (Freak, Frick, Puck).
And yet, still, the F word (which of course, no one calls "the F word" anymore) pops up in everyday conversation.
I know I'm old-fashioned, but is nothing taboo anymore? Have we become totally desensitized?
*sigh*
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