Goodbye To All Bad Language Analysis

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“Proper” Language “There is a time and a place”. This is a saying that many people have come to be familiar with over time. It means that under specific circumstances, anything can be considered appropriate. Why would this be any different with the language that we use? As we get older, the language that we use develops. This development of vocabulary as we age comes along with the integration of the use of foul language. Though it is very common within the growth and development of humans, it is frowned upon and often seen to be a rude way of communicating. So called “bad words” penetrate the English language in an increasingly high amount. When Stegner claims in the essay, “Goodbye to All T__t!”, that “under the right circumstances, any …show more content…
Typically, we, as humans, are shunned for using the language that does not mesh with the locations and the places that we are. This is something that I have always found interesting because words are not innately bad. There is often not even meaning to words until individuals assign meaning. Words cannot be good or bad, it is rather how they are perceived. Because of this, when in a more formal environment, foul language is more often perceived as inappropriate based on the level of class associated with the event and the people. With the right circumstances, the language that is of a more intense and foul nature can be widely accepted and even enjoyed. All words in the English language are proper parts of speech and therefore, proper language. Words that tend to be more acceptable in a group of friends may not be as widely accepted within a family atmosphere. This is not always a good thing however with the way that humans …show more content…
When words are used among friends, there is an understanding within the word choices, allowing for a natural use of what may be considered inappropriate language. In a population that is less familiar, there is a lack of acceptance when foul language is used publicly. This is due to the prior judgments that people have about the cursing language. When these words are overused however, there is an ease to speaking in these ways because those around know that there is no true meaning behind the frequency in which they are spoken. This is an interesting dynamic shift in which it is easy to see that the issue with curse words is not the words themselves, but rather the implication that they can have to those less comfortable with it. Wallace Stegner brings up the idea that “words are not obscene” (114. There would be no way for them to be obscene because words have no power in what they are, but only through what people may associate them as. Through this explanation, it is easy to make the statement that any word is proper in the right time and