I know plenty of very smart people who swear a lot.

Feb 11, 2016
11:21:13am

benny1982 All-American

But I think a lot of swearing in every day speech is lazy and inarticulate. I'm not saying I always view profanity that way, just generally speaking.

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POLL: People who use vulgar language and insults are less educated than those

srey

2/11/16 11:04am

Some of the funniest cussers I know are very well educated

Mexicougazul

2/11/16 11:06am

My friends wife doesn't swear a lot, but when she does, it's very well timed and executed

Fetchin Fetcher

2/11/16 11:11am

I hate it when people dont know how to swear properly

Jericho

2/11/16 11:17am

We don't agree much, but when we do, its like,

Finngirl

2/11/16 11:54am

Most people I know use vulgar langauge regardless of their education level.

Baron

2/11/16 11:08am

I saw recently a study concluded that vulgarity is associated with higher

SoCalCoug

2/11/16 11:09am

like Baron, my experience is that pretty much everybody uses vulgar language

smokymountainrain

2/11/16 11:12am

Vulgarity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself

Jericho

2/11/16 11:10am

It's a lack of discipline, not intelligence.

Hoosier Cougar

2/11/16 12:49pm

Frankly, I think it depends and therefore there is likely no

Jericho

2/11/16 12:54pm

Nope. I work in a large hospital

Backcountry

2/11/16 11:11am

Maintenance staff is construction. So that isn't surprising.

slowhiteguy

2/11/16 11:21am

MD's, nurse managers, anesthesiologists...

Backcountry

2/11/16 11:23am

That's disappointing. Are you in Utah? There is some salty language in the OR at times but it is much less here in Utah

slowhiteguy

2/11/16 11:26am

RE: POLL: People who use vulgar language and insults are less educated than those

Finngirl

2/11/16 11:12am

I know plenty of very smart people who swear a lot.

benny1982

2/11/16 11:21am

I also know plenty of very unintelligent people who swear all the time.

benny1982

2/11/16 11:22am

yep. pretty much only an indicator that they are normal and breathing

smokymountainrain

2/11/16 11:24am

RE: POLL: People who use vulgar language and insults are less educated than those

Fetchin Fetcher

2/11/16 11:12am

This poll is about perception. The perception is there, even if you yourself

db59840

2/11/16 11:17am

"Be clean in language.

Thunder Buddy

2/11/16 11:24am

so at least one person would vote yes in this poll. interesting.

smokymountainrain

2/11/16 11:31am

One has no bearing on the other (language vs. education)

hadmonster

2/11/16 12:37pm

Meant for OP

hadmonster

2/11/16 12:37pm

President Hinckley, Prophet of the Lord, respectfully disagrees.

Thunder Buddy

2/11/16 12:48pm

My boss has a Ph.D. and an MBA. He swears more than anyone I'm around regularly

Kilgore Trout

2/11/16 11:47am

F-bomb usage follows an inverse bell curve with education

Bob Vance

2/11/16 11:49am

No correlation

AtlantaMark

2/11/16 12:24pm

I'm in construction management. If you don't swear from time to time the field

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