#@%&*$

In my introductory blog I mentioned that a UK paper had included the f-word in an article it printed. This would never be okay in an American paper. Even if the writer included it, the editor would definitely edit it out. This is funny to me because every American over the age of 13 has heard the word and most of them use it. I know many of the people I hang around use it in their everyday language. It is simply just another word. It is an adjective used to emphasize or describe something, a verb used to explain a sexual act, and in some cases even a noun to talk about someone. Even though I am one of those people who use or at least hear the word every day, I was still shocked when I read it in the UK paper. They are much more free to print whatever they feel in their papers and I believe that American papers and journalists should be more like those in the UK.