Comments on: Presenters Who Use Naughty Words – Good Or Bad? http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/speech-writing/presenters-who-use-naughty-words-good-or-bad The Premier Blog For Quickly Improving Your Public Speaking, Presentation & Communication Skills Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Training Connection http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/speech-writing/presenters-who-use-naughty-words-good-or-bad/comment-page-1#comment-551 Training Connection Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:28:46 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/?p=501#comment-551 Brilliant! Its true that people who are not clever use swear words to show they can at least be bold. It does not create the smallness they were hoping to achieve in the other person. Instead, they behave like they are stumped! Brilliant! Its true that people who are not clever use swear words to show they can at least be bold. It does not create the smallness they were hoping to achieve in the other person. Instead, they behave like they are stumped!

]]> By: Dr. Jim Anderson http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/speech-writing/presenters-who-use-naughty-words-good-or-bad/comment-page-1#comment-281 Dr. Jim Anderson Sun, 03 May 2009 15:19:41 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/?p=501#comment-281 Catherine: good points. I think that "shock value" is the key - comedians seem to use blue words to wake their audience up and it always gets at least a nervous giggle from them. I can remember when Bill Cosby reached out to Eddie Murphy and asked him to tone his act down a bit. Eddie flat out refused; however, I'm thinking that time will tell who is the most remembered comedian (and why)... Catherine: good points. I think that “shock value” is the key – comedians seem to use blue words to wake their audience up and it always gets at least a nervous giggle from them. I can remember when Bill Cosby reached out to Eddie Murphy and asked him to tone his act down a bit. Eddie flat out refused; however, I’m thinking that time will tell who is the most remembered comedian (and why)…

]]> By: Catherine Lorenz http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/speech-writing/presenters-who-use-naughty-words-good-or-bad/comment-page-1#comment-279 Catherine Lorenz Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:45:14 +0000 http://www.theaccidentalcommunicator.com/?p=501#comment-279 Even though this practice doesn't personally work for me, I could see in certain rare scenarios where it wouldn't be so bad. E.g. a college grad speaking to other college students in a casual environment. University professors often swear or use off-color language in their classrooms and while it may offend a few, most are OK with the occasional colloquial swear word. I always enjoyed Seinfeld's comedy because it was clean, unoffensive humor. Comedy acts generally don't sit well with me, because they use profanity for no purpose and sometimes it is the shock factor that they are going for. Otherwise, use the general rule of knowing your audience and adapt your talk accordingly is best. I don't think that a professional speaker should ever use street language. They should be above that and be more creative in their content. Also some innocent American words are considered vulgar when used in other countries. Even though this practice doesn’t personally work for me, I could see in certain rare scenarios where it wouldn’t be so bad. E.g. a college grad speaking to other college students in a casual environment. University professors often swear or use off-color language in their classrooms and while it may offend a few, most are OK with the occasional colloquial swear word.

I always enjoyed Seinfeld’s comedy because it was clean, unoffensive humor. Comedy acts generally don’t sit well with me, because they use profanity for no purpose and sometimes it is the shock factor that they are going for.

Otherwise, use the general rule of knowing your audience and adapt your talk accordingly is best. I don’t think that a professional speaker should ever use
street language. They should be above that and be more creative in their content. Also some innocent American words are considered vulgar when used in other countries.

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