Seems to me the crux of the fuckin' cursing argument is this:
> People who use taboo words understand their general expressive content as well as nuanced distinctions that must be drawn out to use slurs appropriately. The ability to make nuanced distinctions indicates the presence of more rather than less linguistic knowledge, as implied by the POV [Poverty of Vocabulary] view.
So the way I read that bit of "research" (frequency and correlation are likely to be pure horseshit on the path to causality here but that's another story)... It's not that people with high IQ swear more, but they're likely more able to swear in a nuanced manner without offending those around them because of their higher IQ. It's like a perk, or a symptom, not a cause-- because why the fuck not, eh?
The only really notable thing from the article; which, I liked was calling out profanity isn't a coverup for deficiencies in one's vocabulary. Don't like my vernacular? Go fuck yourself :)
> People who use taboo words understand their general expressive content as well as nuanced distinctions that must be drawn out to use slurs appropriately. The ability to make nuanced distinctions indicates the presence of more rather than less linguistic knowledge, as implied by the POV [Poverty of Vocabulary] view.
So the way I read that bit of "research" (frequency and correlation are likely to be pure horseshit on the path to causality here but that's another story)... It's not that people with high IQ swear more, but they're likely more able to swear in a nuanced manner without offending those around them because of their higher IQ. It's like a perk, or a symptom, not a cause-- because why the fuck not, eh?
The only really notable thing from the article; which, I liked was calling out profanity isn't a coverup for deficiencies in one's vocabulary. Don't like my vernacular? Go fuck yourself :)