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:Am I sure? yeah. Most "soft" curse words actually become soft because 200 years ago they were teh F-you of their time. Dang, Fop, Bugger, arse, (gosh, i don't know about, admittedly) were found in 12th century writing and were the equivalent of today's "you said WHAT" words). But take it out if you wish. --[[User:MHayes|MHayes]] 18:05, 31 August 2008 (EDT)
:Am I sure? yeah. Most "soft" curse words actually become soft because 200 years ago they were teh F-you of their time. Dang, Fop, Bugger, arse, (gosh, i don't know about, admittedly) were found in 12th century writing and were the equivalent of today's "you said WHAT" words). But take it out if you wish. --[[User:MHayes|MHayes]] 18:05, 31 August 2008 (EDT)
::Oh '''''my''''' basis for questioning it is just some vague feeling. If you have any basis for it then it's better than mine. I just thought that, for example, "arse" always meant "arse" but has got less offensive as the years went on but "dang" was said because people wanted to say "damn", couldn't, and so said "dang" so they could say-it-without-saying-it. --[[User:Toffeeman|Toffeeman]] 18:16, 31 August 2008 (EDT)
::Oh '''''my''''' basis for questioning it is just some vague feeling. If you have any basis for it then it's better than mine. I just thought that, for example, "arse" always meant "arse" but has got less offensive as the years went on but "dang" was said because people wanted to say "damn", couldn't, and so said "dang" so they could say-it-without-saying-it. --[[User:Toffeeman|Toffeeman]] 18:16, 31 August 2008 (EDT)
:::Toffeeman is correct. Sometimes a strong expletive like "oh f---!" or "oh sh--!" is replaced with a milder expletive such as "bugger!" or "arse!", which may once have been considered more offensive, but the examples given (gosh, darn, dang, etc.) are euphemistic nonsense words rather than actual swearwords at all. [[User:Sideways|Sideways]] 12:25, 1 September 2008 (EDT)