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Is it “for f*** sake” or is it “for f***s sake”
It’s for a work e-mail so it’s important I get it right as I want to sound professional
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Time to buy PoolParty! They know Semantics
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Please respect our host and use proper terminology on CP: for Chris sake!
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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Unless you're spelling it out, it doesn't matter because the second "s" is rendered silent. When in doubt, use the acronym - FFS.
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Does anyone have a clue about why elephant seems to be sailing up as the new euphemism for copulatory activities?
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I guess because you can still get that satisfying "FU!" sound... For eleFUnt's sake!
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It's because one of our esteemed Senior Members managed to get himself kicked off the site five times in a single weekend but to his "fruity" choice of language when having imbibed a fair chunk of Australia's alcohol production, and he was persuaded to use "elephant" and "sunshine" instead of the original obscenities. So much so that a new smilies were added: ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) ![Sunshine | [little ray of sunshine]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/sunshine.gif) to help us all along.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I sometimes use "fire truck" - yeah longer but the relevant/correct sounds are there
after many otherwise intelligent sounding suggestions that achieved nothing the nice folks at Technet said the only solution was to low level format my hard disk then reinstall my signature. Sadly, this still didn't fix the issue!
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Elephants are large animals. It's only fitting you'd use elephant when discussing a particularly big f***-up.
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Member 7989122 wrote: Does anyone have a clue about why elephant seems to be sailing up as the new euphemism for copulatory activities?
Yes. It was a post by me about Maria Sharapova, a bunch of Yanks got upset about what I had to say.
Can't tell you any more as I now get banned for saying scrotum.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: Can't tell you any more as I now get banned for saying scrotum.
In the USA, tha can earn you a Newbury medal!
(The Higher Power of Lucky[^] - with my highest recommendations. This is a "Childrens novel" for adults!)
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Generally it should be with an "apostrophe s" and less asterisks.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Less less and more fewer? That just doesn't sound right somehow...
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It depends on the context. There are fewer people here that answer questions, and I post less code (but fewer lines of code) than many of the others.
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My mate and me disagree!
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Most people these days would say, "Myself and my mate ...". 
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"If you have any questions, please come and talk to myself."
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I think most of 'em would say "I can't even." instead. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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No I f***in dont! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Quote: No I f***in dont!
I appears you are missing a couple of essential apostrophes, one after the "in" indicating a missed letter, the "g"; secondly "dont" is an Old English word meaning "to want to do" as opposed to "don't" which short for "do not" - which is actually almost the opposite in meaning. Curious!
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ZurdoDev wrote: People who cuss and swear lack the grammatical ability to express themselves as an educated grown up.
A common misconception amongst the more prudish residents of the country that invented the word "rooster" so that they wouldn't have to say "cockerel". 
Is Swearing a Sign of a Limited Vocabulary? - Scientific American[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: Is Swearing a Sign of a Limited Vocabulary? - Scientific American[^]
Somebody researched that?  
That research is not clean enough to spit upon.
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Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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