Swearing

Wonder why they can say "prick" on UCB but not on South Park. And it's kinda dumb the way they say everything "sucks ass" instead of "sucks dick". They've said dick on the show before, with the same meaning. ========================

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meaning.

^ | | What the hell is he/she talking about? california valley slang? im in california, and i have no idea what he/she means. get a better explanation, and sp is supposed to take place in colorado, not CA

Valley, as in San Fernando Valley, as in Valley Girl slang, which became recognized (well OK, talked about in Time magazine at least) somewhere in the early (?) 1980s, and which still at times injects new words into nationwide or semi-nationwide teen vocabularies. The first of these to draw widespread notice, as I recall, were "grody to the max" and "gag me with a spoon." Remember? It may seem more homogenized now -- i.e., that slang comes from all over, but that might be because so much television originates in the Valley now, and didn't use to. Or because the cynicism inherent in Valley Girl slang came to dominate society anyway.

Beacause it is South Park, show critisized by many for its valgarity therefore, if they did say that, they would be condemed, by many more beacause of its controversy

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kinda

They've

LEESPAM2 wrote:

You can say "ass" on TV, but not "dick." Not yet, anyway. Maybe Philip got it through because no one was paying attention.

Next on the TV Land Network: The Ass Van Dyke Show. =)

Don't kill me, it's a JOKE. And a poor one at that.

Ben

On 30 Aug Noddy wrote @ 1200Hrs AEST: For mine the whole 'swearing' bit is a crock of shite anyway .. Hey,, Noddy is no cleanskin ,swapped irate spittle with the best of bullockys. SP attracts besause of it's 'in the face' suttleness (hheh as contradictory statement as the show). Meself an that I reckin it's included as part of the appeal to the mass audience it was aimed at, America. Guarantees at least that juvenile audience, just in case the real fun goes 'over the top'. Noddy