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I agree that swearing isn't quaint, but with all due respect, that's bollocks.

It doesn't represent a decline in standards at all. Swearing has a great history in the English language, from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and all the way through to the Sex Pistols. Swearing runs through the history of the English language like the letters in a stick of a rock. And to risk overextending the similie, if you cut that stick of rock it would say 'FUCK' inside it.

If you're interested I highly recommend Geoffrey Hughes' Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English as a primer.

Can I suggest Roger Mellie's Profanisaurus.
My favourite entry - "Lucky Pierre" - look it up .........