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[Closed] Is the phrase "hoping to hell" bad language?

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Yes it's a ludicrous question, but I got pulled up for using it in an informal email today.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:25 pm
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No.

Change it to 'hope to heaven' and send it back.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:26 pm
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hell no.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:27 pm
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no it ****ing isn't


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:28 pm
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Fo sho, fam, innit.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:28 pm
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Depends on context. Amongst your mates, fine. Work.Poor form really.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:29 pm
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no it isn't and anyone who says otherwise should be told to **** the ****ing shitting **** off.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:30 pm
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it's forking bad language. sort it out potty mouth


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:30 pm
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It's a common expression for occidental atheists. You're not being discriminated against because of your race or religious beliefs by any chance?


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:34 pm
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This forum is going to hell in a handcart


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:45 pm
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It was in a private email/bloggy set up by the uni to allow students to ask questions of each other and share ideas.

I merely posted that I was "hoping to hell that I didnt have any critical incidents", which was in response to being asked to write a reflective essay on a critical incident within the last 4 week period.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:45 pm
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who did you get pulled up by? could it be seen as blasphemous?


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:49 pm
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When in doubt about the appropriateness of a word simply substitute for batshit......
ie batshithoping


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 3:54 pm
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All I said to my wife was that piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 4:02 pm
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All I said to my wife was that piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.

Are there any women here?


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 4:31 pm
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Who threw that?


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 4:33 pm
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When in doubt about the appropriateness of a word simply substitute for batshit......
ie batshithoping

That's a batshitbrilliant idea!


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 4:37 pm
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what if you think batshit is an appropriate word? how would the rule work then?


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 4:59 pm
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She did! She did! He did! He! He. He. Him. Him. Him. Him. He did.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 5:06 pm
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Christ on a bike, poeple are batshitting sensitive these days


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 5:17 pm
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[s]Right! Let me make this absolutely clear!!! No-one is to stone ANYONE, even if they do say......[/s]

Sorry, getting ahead of myself, let's try:

You're only making it worse for yourself!


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 5:19 pm
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It was a university lecturer charged with moderating a student bloggy email thing that only 7 or 8 people in the world can see.

I have made my feelings known about overzealous modding - it's almost as if I've had a whole load of practice. 😉


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 7:41 pm
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Jehovah!


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 9:58 pm
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Being hopeful was bad form in my last workplace, so I'm definitely throwing stones. Gravel.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 9:59 pm
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Over zealous censorship, don´t bother complaining.

Common sense works just fine for 99% of people, it´s the other 1% that gave rise to the necessity of Mods and other sub-species. It´s a necessary evil that´s been around since irc days and isn´t leaving anytime soon.


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 10:09 pm
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you're basically appealing to satan that something doesn't happen. if you're batshitcray enough to believe all that guff, it'll get your shirt right up. speaking as someone who's worked in the US, where a surprising number are batshit crazy enough to believe all that stuff.
😀


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 10:25 pm
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sub-species

Shouldn't be hyphenated. Just saying. And trolling.
😉


 
Posted : 15/02/2013 10:29 pm
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It depends on the cultural and social context.


 
Posted : 16/02/2013 12:29 am
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Jehovah!

he said it again!!!


 
Posted : 16/02/2013 7:54 am
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I have made my feelings known about overzealous modding

Get over yourself. It isn't exactly restricting your liberty. Offensive is not how you see it, it is how other people see it.


 
Posted : 16/02/2013 7:58 am