Hi Tweets,

Rob Saecker writes:

>At 1:50 AM -0700 7/5/98, Michael Price wrote:
>
>> It is used in TV news without bleeping, it is in an increasing
>>number of 'adult' dramas and comedies on television.
>
>Really? Have you heard this on US stations, or only on Canadian? It's my
>understanding that use of the 'f' word is still considered by the FCC to be
>an offense potentially punishable by license forfeiture. Such punishment
>is, of course, much more likely to be threatened against a small, locally
>owned station than it is to be used against a corporate owned station.
>Nevertheless, I would be suprised to hear it on a US station of any kind.

Yes, on Canadian stations, mostly, as my little two-banger
three-local-station black-and-white TV has no Cable, but also on some
American stations. 'Larry Sanders' was the first place I heard full
vernacular, some dramas, any number of Hollywood movies played on TV, on
newsprograms and some current affairs programs, commercial and public stations.

And it's there in GQ and Esquire and many, many other magazines. It's quoted
in some newspapers without bowdlerism. 'Such language' seems to be just
about everywhere except church and Tweeters, it seems, but the sun's still
coming up in the east, last time I looked.

Hilarious, though. The first time I heard the full vernacular on TV was on
'Larry Sanders' and I sat there, literally stunned. The Puritan part of my
mind (you know: parent, church and school training, Thou Shalt Not Do This
And That And Whatever etc.) literally screamed "You Can't *DO* that!!!!",
and the kid part of my mind went "Awww*right*, man!" and what I laughingly
call the adult part of my mind sighed quietly and said, "Ahhh. Honesty. You
took your sweet time." Now, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery, and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)