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Feb 11, 2016
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Finngirl
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RE: POLL: People who use vulgar language and insults are less educated than those
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015-12-17/study-people-who-swear-more-are-smarter-have-larger-vocabulary
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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
Millhouse
2/11/16 12:34pm
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