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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 493, 2 January 1920, Page 3

A. irood, honest, healthy " cuss word " ma; be forgiven under certain circumstances, especially when the perpetrator is forced out of hiusual calm by something that appeals to him as being particularly abhorrent to his sense of decency. Bu there is nothing so disgusting as t > hear a person give expression t filthy Mime to coram >nly made use of by certain sections of the people Resides being a Hagrant offence agnins* all the canons of good taste and breeding, the use of bad lanffuis a pr >htitution of the English Jangling**, which has, through the been developed to such a pitch that it is capable of expressing almost every shade of thought and meaning The trouble seeuii to be that the swearing habit hai grown to be a fetish. Amongst the youthful portion of the community the hardiiurtiarer is looked upon with a certain amount of awe ; he is deitied, and consequently the youngster is not satisfied until he has himself reached* the same standard of proficiency in the misuse ot words. In hi* youthful miud there exists an impression that swearing indicates manliness ; and that they are only milksops who refrain from indulging in lurid phrase* If ihey could only be induced to fee how foo'ish and silly, gud bmtahy vulgar it makes them appear in the eyes of understanding people, we might hope for an ira- j provemf»'it—Ngaiuawahia Advocate