BernardR wrote:I am indebted to Ms.Dlowan's research. I take it that she indicates that since the word, "shitting" is listed in the Dictionary, it is a term which may be used with impunity in one's writing. I must demur. There are many terms listed in the Dictionary which are not used by well-bred people. Some of them are: Nigger, Fag, and Broad. "Shitting" is clearly a scatologial term. Note definition number four below:
sca·tol·o·gy (sk-tl-j, sk-)
n. pl. sca·tol·o·gies
1. The study of fecal excrement, as in medicine, paleontology, or biology.
2.
a. An obsession with excrement or excretory functions.
b. The psychiatric study of such an obsession.
3. Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions.
I am sure that some will hold that "Shitting" is a perfectly good term to use in writing. I am of the opinion that anyone using that term in their writing shows that they either have a very limited vocabulary or are obsessed with scatological functions as in 2. above.
Once again you have failed to perceive a crucially important difference. This time between the use of terms like "****" and those like "Nigger, Fag, and Broad".
May I suggest you ponder the words until you are able to determine the crucial distinction.
I have faith! I believe you can do it.
Once you have made this cognitive leap, you will see that your comparison is full of ****, as is your amateur attempt to pathologise.
Try harder, please, Italmassagrotto!
Your mark so far is a fail.