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'Expletives in Contemporary Literature and on Television' Questionnaire

Please answer the following questions as honestly as you can.

Feel free to expand/ explain your answers if you feel you need to.

Expletives/ foul language/ bad language/ profanities will be referred to as 'swear words' throughout the questionnaire.

[1] Your age: 46

[2] Your sex: F

[3] Your ethnicity: W

[4] Do you agree that 'swear words' are a part of everyday language ?

Yes

[5] Do you use 'swear words' at all ?

Rarely

[6] Do you find it offensive to overhear people using 'swear words' in conversation ?

Mildly

[7] How do you feel about reading 'swear words' in books, (specifically fiction) ?

Depends on the quantity.  The more there are, the less effect.

[8] How do you feel about 'swear words' on television after the 9pm watershed ?

Don't really care.

[9] Do you feel that the presence of 'swear words' in books and on television has influenced you in your own use of 'swear words', (be it positively or negatively) ? Please explain.

Hasn't changed me at all.

[10] Please list any books or television programs that you have read/ watched that have 'swear words' in them:

I don't watch much television anymore, and the few shows that I do watch don't have them.

[11] Were you offended by the inclusion of 'swear words' in any of the books or television programs you have listed ?

N/A

[12] Please order these 'swear words' from most to least offensive based on your personal opinion:

(1 being the most offensive and 7 the least offensive)

S**t                 __7

Arse                __4

F**k                 __2

C**t                 __1

B*****d         __6

Dick                 __3

Piss                 __5

Thank you for your reply.