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Originally Posted by Phil2M
Its a common use word. At work its every other word out of the management team's mouths. Most of the staff too, F this and Fing that, it rubs off and I have dropped the F bomb infront of my, religious, stepmother a few times without meaning to.
No need for it but its out there so just have to accept it really.
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I disagree profoundly - we do not just have to accept it. The word was invented and in common usage in the British Army I joined in 1960, but I never heard it used by instructors at 17 Trg Regt RA in 1960, nor at RMA Sandhurst 1961-63, nor at Lympstone 1964, nor No 1 PTS Abingdon 1962 and 1965, nor at JTR Troon 1967-69. To seek to justify it by saying that "everyone does it" never played well when auditing falsified travel claims, nor should it in the case of foul-mouthed instructors. Rant over (for now), but I should be interested to know from Forum members with recent service in non- British armed forces whether it is universal. Mike