We’ve all seen people on Facebook go on about how we need to stop putting importance on swearing because they're just words. The argument is, we give words the power to be bad, and we should stop because it's stupid that we have words we can’t say. But here is my argument for swearing, and language in general.
Language is important; it allows us to define relationships with one easy conversation. The way you talk to your friends probably isn't how you talk to your professor. While with your friends your speech is probably more causal, with your professor you try and sound more formal to show a level of respect. You can tell where you stand with someone with the language they use.
If you didn’t like someone or you're disagreeing with someone, you're more likely to use a swear; this defines your lack of respect for them or what they are saying. It also shows your own personal frustration with what is happening. You have certain words saved that you never use except for when it is truly the right moment to use them.
Language also defines culture and background. The way I talk shows I am from New England, and someone from the South will not talk the way I do. We will use different words that mean the same thing, but draw off different experiences because the way of life in the places we are from is different. It is small differences that hold so much meaning as to where we are from.
Language is important; the words we say define so much of our lives. Yes, I am the girl that will read into texts trying to find what someone “really” meant, but it's because I believe that you shouldn’t say something that doesn’t mean anything. We have a beautiful array of words to use, each giving us the power to say how we feel in millions of different ways. We shouldn't take away the meaning of language, the background behind words defining them as bad. We can use these words, and all the other ones, to show so much, and losing that would be tragic.
