I find it unnecessary. Not offensive.

I love to curse! Love it! It is a free way of SELF EXPRESSION. And sometimes no other word will do!!! You have formal conversation and casual conversation, and it is only correct as informal conversation... as there is a time and place for everything under the sun, this has its place as well. I love it because for so many years and for so many reasons, I couldn't, I had to be restrained in all I did and said. Well now, I don't have to do anything but be myself and express my self!!!! ... Freedom of the spoken word. F...k! Right! George Carlin rest in Peace!

I find it offensive only because they are limiting themselves to the boundless variations and poetry offered by the English language. It just makes them sound like brain damaged fools. Usually a good sign of lower intelligence. Not always, but usually.

I don't really think it's offensive, but it's just annoying. It's like, if you say all those words now, what's left for when you're really mad or something? ;)

Why should I f-king (Fricking or Freaking - what were YOU thinking?) care? ;-) For me, it depends on the words used, where, who's around (kids or people who I know don't normally), etc., or the words being used. I try NOT to use the "f-bomb" much, and have pretty much trained myself to use the above words, instead, if I feel the need to. "Sh-t" is becoming innocuous - though again, depending on circumstances, I would use "Crap" instead - as are "P-ss", "D-mn", "H-ll", etc. However, "the c-word" and a few other descriptive words are OUT. And while I like certain rap songs, MFer and Ho are used WAY too much, especially since kids hear, like, and repeat the songs or words from them, and others drive around with their volumes loud enough for people to hear over a block away, noise ordinances or not. I DON'T like people who use even my "acceptable" and innocuous words peppered throughout every sentence they say. I've heard of a number who use the "F-word" for almost every other word. Why? To me, that just means they have no control, no imagination, and for some, just wish to shock people. WOW! You know the word! Woopee! Offensive? Again... Depends on the circumstances for me.

i find it classless

I only find it offensive when it's NOT the place and time for that kind of talk, such as in the workplace (unless you work in a bar or in the porn industry, I think it's unprofessional), or around children.

I think they have a very limited vocabulary and yes, I do find it offensive! :)

Being a retired sailor, I don't necessarily find it 'offensive', depending on the circumstances. As a general rule, however, I find it tastless, rude, and an indication of a lack of personal discipline and/or consideration for others to use such language in polite company or indiscriminately. Though sometimes I need to bite my own tongue and remember where I'm at myself. :)

Don't like it..find it low class and just does not sound good.

I feel that curse or harse words loose their effectiveness when used as punctuation marks rather than explatives. Such use also indicates a limited ability to use the English language. In short, the habit exhibits certain pretty lame qualities and is quite obfuckingnoxious!

I try not to use them myself, especially around children. Having said that, I wouldn't find it incredibly offensive if people used them around me... I'd just consider it fairly crude.

as ghetto as they may sound i think its ok, if thats what they think is the appropriate word for that sentence then go for it. i think over using words only lessen the taboo surrounding them. thats why i can say *shit and *bitch without offending most of the people in the US... 40 years ago would have been a different story ...i do think its offensive but only because we have mode the words taboo

No. It gives conversation flavor!

I don't find it offensive, no. I'm used to it. It honestly depends. I find somebody who swears constantly, like every second word, quite funny. Just because. But I'm okay with swearing.

F*ck em.Don't bother me any.

well i am one of those people. haha. i don't think it's a big deal. i try not to curse in front of children or authority figures out of respect. but other than that, i tend to swear a lot. so no, i don't find it offensive when people curse in a conversation with me. :)

I find them more interesting than other people and unoffensive.

We like to pretend it's genteel to use "clean" language and "low-class" to swear. But in reality, the most powerful of the powerful swear like sailors. The Vice President of the United States swears on the Senate floor! Corporate Board rooms use casual profanity on a regular basis! The powerful can say what they want. The minions have to "watch their language". Also, men are generally expected to swear and women are not. But, much like we monitor our behavior around children, it's not considered polite for politicians (or men) to use rough language around the pleebs (or women). The public presemably couldn't handle hearing the private language between power brokers who make the real decisions. Swearing in front of a woman is bad, because.. I don't know. We might go into a swoon. Fetch the fainting couch! As a young woman I find it funny how people react to my casual swearing - it completely upends their picture of me as an innocent flower that needs protecting. Consequently, I am much less annoyed by people who swear around me without apology than the ones who let a naughty word slip and then apologize profusely to me, as though I might faint from the offense. Honey, I've heard it all before, and said it myself. If you don't think one can be both articulate and "foul-mouthed", you have a limited exposure to culture. "Glengarry Glen Ross" isn't articulate? "Deadwood" isn't intelligent? "Howl" isn't visionary poetry? Charles Bukowski, James Joyce, Lenny Bruce, Hunter Thompson, George Carlin, Martin Scorsese, D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Philip Larkin, all have lower intelligence? Limited vocabularies? Uh, no. Swearing around children is not cool, though, because you don't know what kind of rules the parents have set for them. Kids will repeat what they heard said and their poor parents might not appreciate hearing them drop the f-bomb because of you.