from a phone conversation with sujata

[kellinator]

kellinator: Shit. *pause* I swear too much.

sujata: No, I was just surprised that you didn't say 'fuck.'

kellinator: I interchange them. Shit, fuck, shitting fuck fuck shit...

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sujata: But 'fuck' is your word.

kellinator: Yeah... I like 'fuck'. When you say 'fuck', you know you've said a real, Anglo-Saxon word. It's not one of those mealy-mouthed words. When I say 'fuck,' I want to go drink mead out of a goblet and grope cute Viking boys.

sujata: *giggle* You really are a swashbuckler!!

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[bheansidhe.livejournal.com]

"Shit" has a satisfying hiss, like a snowshovel scraping a sidewalk. "Fuck" strikes the ear more as a blow. Or a belch.