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   Hello JOE!   
      
   ** On Wednesday 27.01.21 - 06:00, JOE MACKEY wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:   
      
    JM>    Aug wrote --   
    >> It can make an impact to the right persons.   
      
    JM>   True.   
    JM>   I make a value judgement on people who use foul language as being less   
    JM> educated.  (No matter how many letters they may have after their name).   
    JM>   I get the impression they are also not very bright.   
      
      
   [1]   
      
   [https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/worried-about-your-    
   foul-mouth-swearing-could-actually-be-good-for-you]   
      
   "Are people who swear more intelligent?   
      
   "The psychologists found that an individual's fluency in the   
   English language was linked to fluency in swearing. In other   
   words, swearing may actually be a sign of greater intellect, not   
   less, and a more robust vocabulary.Jan 14, 2020   
      
   [2]   
      
   [https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/campuspress.yale.edu/dist/a/1215/    
   files/2016/05/Giordano-rg5y5r.pdf]   
      
   "Is swearing a sign of low intelligence?   
      
   "There was a sta- tistically significant correlation found   
   between IQ score and whether or not the participant report- ed   
   that he or she attempts to expand his or her vocabulary. These   
   findings show that although cursing may not be socially   
   desirable, it is not a predictor of intelligence or the lack   
   thereof.   
      
   "The Relationship between Profanity and Intelligence - Yale ...     
   2016/05   
      
      
    >> Afterall.. what those words?  ..they basically just sounds.   
      
    JM>    But words mean things.   
    JM>    They are a representation of something that is known.   
    JM>    Otherwise why have any language at all?   
      
    >> daughter to cease her cussing.  My aunt immediately broke out   
    >> with something like "F*ck, sh*t, p*ss, etc.. are just sounds.   
      
    JM>    Then so the sounds of "love", "family", "honour", etc.   
    JM>    Then they don't mean anything either. If words have no   
    JM>    meaning and are just sounds why use them at all?  Why   
    JM>    not just grunt and point?   
      
   Maybe my aunt is a bad illustration. Her first language is NOT     
   english.  So yeah.. I can understand that the common english     
   swear words can seem like "just sounds" to her.   
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