I usually watch the reruns, and have noticed that Friends seemed to be more vulgar in the beginning then it is now. It is still nothing major, but some of the words and phrases they used then are nothing like the more reserved scripts they use now. Does anyone know what has happened?
nbcz
In article , nbc101 wrote:
List the vulgar words & phrases you're thinking of, and I'll check. :)
Tennant
It's on at 8 pm now. More brats..err..kids are watching it. That's why the Friends message boards are over run by 13 year olds.
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Hi!
Really? I never noticed that they were using any foul language. Personally, I don't get offended, if people say 'fuck', 'shit' or whatever. Maybe that's because I'm European (or does any of you British get offended by that?). They still say 'ass', right... some people even get offended by that.
Didi
I'm British and I don't get offended by foul language - mainly because I use it everyday (at home in private) as it sums up exactly how you feel about doing something wrong!
Chandelier
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whatever.
Well, the show is created in the US of A; The only country that can go 2 months without a presiedent.
I think that foul language and 'Friends' doesn't relate, but what is actually foul language. I did react the first time I saw Pheebs saying "Kick your ass", because ass is a word the seldom use, but ofcourse, ass is a mild word compared to many other words in the american language...
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"Vigleik Sand�y" wrote in message news:poMZ5.926$[email]...
To be precise, we've gone 35 days without a president-elect. Bill Clinton is and has been our president throughout all the controversy surrounding the election, a condition which will continue until January 20, 2001.
I would agree Americans tend to be more uptight (perhaps this is somewhat of an understatement) about many things including what some see as foul or crude language. As for myself, I take no offense, although it can suggest something about the user if such language is used in an inappropriate manner or place. I see this as getting worse. (Look to the days of All in the Family. A show like that would never get seen in prime time network television today.) I think of this a somewhat of a national quirk, albeit an annoying one to me. I suspect if we looked, almost every nation would have quirks that seem unusual some or most of the rest of the world.
In article , "Scott Letteney" wrote:
That show was a pale imitation of the British original, "Till Death Us Do Part", which was so strong that it could never seen be on prime time network television in America in *any* day.
Incidentally, one of the main cast was Anthony Booth, who today is the Prime Minister's son-in-law.
Tennant
"Vigleik Sand�y" wrote:
Uhhhh - We haven't gone any months without a president. Bill Clinton is our president. He will be until Jan 20th, at which time G. W. Bush will most likely take over that role.
No problems, no worries. No big deal.
One doesn't realize how bad some of the public's language is until you're walking around with a 3 year old. . . then even the mildest words make you cringe ("stupid", "butthead", etc).
Personally, I got in trouble as a kid when I said "ass".
"Vigleik Sand�y" wrote in message news:poMZ5.926$[email]...
We've always HAD a president, and still do til Jan., after that who knows ;)~
~Teresa~
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:54:41 +0100, "Didi" wrote:
It seems like an American "thing" to be offended by foul language. Remember, they even thought of giving South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut an NC17 rating. When the song "Blame Canada" was nominated for an Academy Award, they couldn't air the real version on the Oscar show because it contained some bad words. Pretty ironic since the song was about censorship.
I don't think that's the case. In a seperate thread, people were saying American movies and people cuss all the time, but now, people are saying American's are too uptight about it..So which is it?
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On 13 Dec 2000 19:31:41 GMT, [email] (EsotericGrrrl) wrote:
I'm sorry, I realised after I sent the post that it could be misunderstood. :) By "American" in that post I meant the people who rate movies and TV-shows. They seem to be a little strict.