Word: swearing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...past 20 years. I, a 13-year-old, have seen a flaw that has been bothering me for quite a while: the use of vulgar language (or evidence thereof). When I read TIME, I do not expect to read nonsense, and if I wish to read something with swear words, I would have done so. Can't you take the liberty of editing your own stories? Dominic Daula, EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA...
...however, that there is some real concern mingling with the outrage. On the Dallas Morning News site this week, she wrote: "The news lately appears to be written by Chicken Little. 'The Sky is Falling! The Dow is Falling! Our Profits are Falling!' It's enough to make you swear off poultry. However, few things can prepare you for the day when your children ask about the headline 'Worst Financial Crisis Since the Great Depression...
...that was based on Rubik's Cube, which was popular at the time. The premise was - I'm not making this up - that these three Hispanic children find a Rubik's Cube, and every time they solve it, it flies and helps them solve crimes. I swear it's real. Look it up on YouTube. It's ridiculous...
...time to go.”“Wot?” squeaked Ollie from beneath three prostitutes. “Ew in the bloody ’ell is in’eruptin my intimate congress wif these gen’le ladies? I swear I will maim you wif my own two hands, I swear—”“Ollie,” said The Stable Boy. “It’s me. I have the money.”“Blazes!” he cried, extracting himself...
...Whether it was the sun or the smiles, Sydney thawed. "Go, pilgrims," called office workers lunching in the park opposite the city's St. Mary's Cathedral. The pilgrims were "pleasant people who don't swear or brawl," commented reader "Thomas" at the Daily Telegraph website, "and they treat each other with respect." Most of the populace seemed to approve. "People have been high-fiving us in the street," said Sydney Catholic Marcia Moses, who took part in the event...