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Thread #122598   Message #2693214
Posted By: GUEST,Russ
03-Aug-09 - 09:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Spaw Ain't been cussing lately
Subject: RE: BS: Spaw Ain't been cussing lately
I think that it is a mistake to judge the quality of one's cussing purely on the basis of the written word.

Before I would be willing to rate Spaw's cussing I would want to hear him in action.

Cussing is not just about words. It is about rhythm and cadence and volume and passion and imagination and spontaneity.

For all I know Spaw might labor long and painfully over his contributions to the cat, polishing and rewriting before he hits the submit button.

Perhaps he has a ghost writer.

Maybe he has a cussing database and he simply copies and pastes into his replies.

Written cussing is like bad tablature. You read it and you still don't know what the tune sounds like.

If anything I think he tends to hold back given the gentility of most catters.

Russ (Permanent GUEST)