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twowheels · 06-19-2015, 07:11 PM

I'm reading a book now that has a bit of profanity. In ~386 pages it has maybe 80 uses of a few choice words, including a particularly profane one starting with the 6th letter of the English alphabet, and even more of a word with scatological connotations starting with the 19th letter of the English alphabet.

When I look at the reviews I see that there are more than a few that complain about the profanity.

To be honest, the profanity didn't even catch my attention until I read the reviews. Yeah, I guess if I really thought about it would have said "yeah, I guess it has a few 'bad' words", but they were all used in contexts like "Although he didn't give a flying duck about the state of his room." I mean, I was more offended by the fact that this sentence isn't even a complete thought!

So... out of curiosity... how do YOU feel about profanity in books?

06-19-2015, 07:11 PM	#1
twowheels Wizard Posts: 1,854 Karma: 13432974 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD, iPad Pro 10", iPhone 15 Pro, Boox Note Max	Profanity In Books I'm reading a book now that has a bit of profanity. In ~386 pages it has maybe 80 uses of a few choice words, including a particularly profane one starting with the 6th letter of the English alphabet, and even more of a word with scatological connotations starting with the 19th letter of the English alphabet. When I look at the reviews I see that there are more than a few that complain about the profanity. To be honest, the profanity didn't even catch my attention until I read the reviews. Yeah, I guess if I really thought about it would have said "yeah, I guess it has a few 'bad' words", but they were all used in contexts like "Although he didn't give a flying duck about the state of his room." I mean, I was more offended by the fact that this sentence isn't even a complete thought! So... out of curiosity... how do YOU feel about profanity in books?