The daily newspaper, Kristeligt Dagblad, hopes the Danes will come to be more like the Americans in their speech habits.
“When someone from the U.S. watches a talent show on Danish television on Friday evening he’s surprised at how often jury members or participants say the word ‘fuck.’ In the U.S. this word is considered…offensive, but in Denmark it’s part of standard language both on television and off. People in the U.S. are far more self-disciplined than we are regarding bad language. There, swear words are only used in private, with great caution and only in extreme cases. Normally, one assumes that trends from the U.S. take 10 or 15 years to show up here.
“But that’s wishful thinking when it comes to swear words.”
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The Danish writer is naive to think that the F word is rarely used in America, and then, only very carefully. It seems it’s very common on the street, in workplaces, in the Oval Office (Richard Nixon) and frequently on the stage and in both dramatic and documentary films.
For a politician to speak it publicly, though, would create a scandal.
The first shocking very public use of THAT word, if I remember correctly, was when Kenneth Tynan created a tidal wave of controversy by uttering it on a live BBC interview in the mid-60′s. He paved the way for others, and believe it or not, I’ve even heard it said on CBC Radio, which in the olden days set the standards for civil discourse in this country.
And then there was Pierre Trudeau, who claimed that all he said in a House of Commons debate was “fuddle duddle”. Not so, according to those nearby.
My sense is that ‘fuck’ has become a word like any other, and the Danes, like the rest of us, will have to resign themselves to it being part of common parlance.
Maybe, but I don’t allow it on the blog.
Nor should you: there must be some sanctuaries!
Maybe it’s true that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark.
Vice President Cheney also indulged:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3699-2004Jun24.html
Oh, I didn’t know that already in 2004 that word was used in the United States.