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Well, the armoury episode referred to in my last entry concluded in a satisfactory manner: the club now has four nice new foils. I plan to follow this up in the near future with another foil and a couple of epees, but that's on hold for a while so I can catch up on academic work :(
And now, briefly to the title of this post. I assume others reading this have noticed the gradual percolation into the core English language of invective and curse words that would not have been used in polite conversation as little as ten years ago. Yes, friends, I speak of words such as "shit", "fuck" and so on (this last in particular). Now, phrases such as "What The Fuck" and "Oh My Fucking God" seem to be commonplace. However, now that these words are available to describe or modify vocabulary in many situations, they actually appear to be used less. Perhaps it's just the loss of the whole "edginess" thing about using forbidden words, but I find myself unconciously using substitutes like "bother", "blast" and the ever-faithful "fiddlesticks" instead, even in circumstances which would have summoned the old words to my lips not six months ago.
Alternatively, perhaps it's just me. Since it's 0114, I think I'll leave you on that note and go get ready for my early morning lecture tomorrow. Sayonara.