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Old 12-29-2006, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Kemal View Post
Profane insults aren't meant to be taken literally most of the time; the profanity just expresses an emotion.
Agreed, and the extremety of the profanity is usually used to express the intensity of the emotion.

"Godamnit!" = "I'm angry!", not "I wish God to Damn this thing to suffering"
"Fuck!" = "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !" not "SEX!"
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