Re: R: Yup, works for us too!

[der Mouse <mouse () rodents montreal qc ca>]

> If you need swearing to add colour to life, you really are in a box.

Yessss...but the same could be said of, say, words spelled with the
letter sequence "chr".  Or words whose root is in Old Norse.  Or words
of more than four syllables.

Or, to put it another way-- yes, if you _need_ it for colour, you've
got problems, but that doesn't necessarily constitute a reason not to
use it when you've got it.  If I need to eat oranges to avoid scurvy,
I've got problems, but that, even if true, doesn't mean I should avoid
oranges!

The actual reasons to avoid strong language (I gather "swearing" here
is meant to include all sufficiently strong language, including
vulgarities, obscenities, and curses as well as oaths) are more
complicated and fuzzier, and I think it's actually closer to "use the
correct register for the context" more than "avoid certain words" - and
some registers basically just don't use certain words (a phenomenon not
restricted to strong language, either; some of the more informal
registers in English don't use "utilize", for example).

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