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Originally Posted by eBooksgp
Readers have commented on the use of bad langue should this then be avoided?
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I would say that depends on what you're more concerned with: What your readers approve of in your books, or what you want to write in your books.
There was another thread a few months ago about whether swearing is okay or should be avoided, I'll see if I can find it for you. There were some very good points made for both sides in that discussion.
EDIT: Found it
Personally, I take the "keep it realistic" approach. If one of your characters is a former Marine, chances are that if he slips in the shower one morning and cracks his knee on something hard and sharp, what comes out of his mouth is not exactly "shoot!" or "goshdarnit!"...
It's up to you whether you want to actually spell it out what he says, or just go for a metaphorical description of how the things he says turns the air around him a lovely shade of blue and makes his wife go pale in horror, but the character immediately stops being realistic if he's not swearing under the above circumstances.