Is swearing rude, cool or just a part of our everyday language?
Children's Express reporter's find out.
| I swear in every sentence. I can’t help it – it’s just the way I am. |
Michael White, 18, Cowgate
I swear in almost every conversation I have. I think its just part of language really. Sometimes I swear at members of my family when I am angry. I cannot stop swearing because everybody does it. It's a part of everyday life for some people. Sometimes, especially when I have had a drink I can feel good swearing because it lets anger out, it expresses what you feel to another person.
People that want an argument will normally get me swearing. I don't swear in front of people that I work with because it's not very professional but on the streets it doesn't bother me because everybody does it.
Andrea Dixon, 15, Blakelaw
I don't think swearing is something that everybody should do but almost everyone does. Sometimes my ma lets me swear. It depends on what words I use. I swear at members of my family when we are arguing and at school because it's a natural thing I do. I don't think swearing should ever be banned because if it was everybody would still carry on so there is no point. I don't think swearing is something that everybody should do but almost everyone does.
Samantha Lewis, 14, Cowgate
I only swear at school and when I am with my friends. I wouldn't swear at any member of my family because they would kill me. It's OK at school because I don't have my mam there to tell me off. I do get in trouble for swearing but I don't think it could ever be banned because sometimes you can't help it especially if you're in a bad mood. I swear when I am in conversation with someone. I suppose everyone does although I would not want little kids swearing.
Julian Chalmers, nine, Heaton
My parents don't swear because they try to set an example although my mums friends make me laugh sometimes because they say peacock or shirt without the r instead of using a swear word.
I think that people learn swear words because you can hear them on the television, at the movies and in the playground, all over really. I think it can sound common and not very cool. I don't think that swearing is something that everyone should do because there are more ways and words to express yourself.
Emma Dickman, 11, Cowgate
I don't swear because I would get in trouble, especially if I swore at any of my family. I don't really know what swearing is but I don't think its part of our language. It's something like slang. I think swearing can be a bit like name-calling. People swear because they get angry. There are people I know who don't swear at home only when they come to school.
Sonia McAthey, 13, Cowgate
My parents don't let me swear in front of them because they think its bad. I don't swear that often because I have a younger brother and he could pick up what I say. If I swore at school I could be put on report and get put in detention, especially if it was at one of the teachers. Sometimes I will swear with my friends it's sometimes a way of letting off steam.
People getting on my nerves makes me swear. I think that swearing seems wrong when it comes from someone who is under year 10, maybe programmes with swearing should be on later than normal.
Amy Wood, 18, Cowgate
To be quite honest I swear in every sentence. I can't help it - it's just the way I am, even though some people may think it's rude. I've left school now but when I was there I swore all the time. We used to swear at the teachers. I think every kid has done that.
I don't think there is a right or wrong about swearing. It's okay to swear when you're an adult but I think it is disgusting when you're young. I normally swear at my boyfriend because he bugs me and makes me angry although I don't think that everybody should because it's not very nice and every one should keep it to a limit.
About the team
Interviews by Scott Rainey, 11. Junior Jury is a weekly column published in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle.
