George Carlin left us almost fifteen years ago.
It’s a shame. His fearlessness in pointing out hypocrisy and cutting through bullshit is almost without rival.
George was MOST famous for the seven words you can’t say on television:
Back then the seven words were as follows: "shit", "piss", "fuck", "cunt", "cocksucker", "motherfucker", and "tits".
These words were way too much for polite society.
Polite society has changed.
If George were writing this joke today, what would the words be now?
Having said that?
I’m not as brave as Carlin.
Don’t reply with what the seven unspeakable words are in the comments.
If you do, use a pseudonym — for your own sake
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Words are like money. They have power because a critical mass decides that they do. They all began as arbitrary sounds that were ascribed meanings and values.
Clearly, it's now words you can't use on daytime TV.
I wonder about how people express themselves. I have an instructional tone, an email tone, a text tone, a phone tone, a business blog tone (our business has a blog that I, sadly, only update a few times a year, but it is here that I found my voice as a writer), a response blog tone used here, a supper table tone and a LinkedIn in tone. I haven't done stand up, but it's on my bucket list. It appears, as I mentally rehearse, that I have a potty mouth stand up tone.
George would be proud, but I have five words that I would not say.