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The following is transcript of one of Carlin's program, not the above unfortunately, but it helps to read it.
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I love words. I thank you for hearing my words.
7 Z. S* L$ s) l, }) b# S& ^I want to tell you something about words that I think is important.
# D) R4 l) n4 U6 J4 S5 W/ o9 w# NThey're my work, they're my play, they're my passion.0 s/ j! A/ J; t2 T0 [; c4 u4 g+ |& w
Words are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid.
( c1 D' e5 m% R3 Y8 ythen we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for+ ]1 v2 l3 R) ]2 ^/ C
that thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same
/ W W- l, |6 H6 }$ kwords that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.. |% F- `0 G0 K
There are some people that are not into all the words.
# T& T7 c2 u8 F i E* uThere are some that would have you not use certain words.
: ^) S1 _( k! DThere are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 7/ U, S0 p0 _ _) W8 o6 y
of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is.$ h/ E, d5 j, k
399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous' S( { x- o) ]. V' C' N
to be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,
1 L2 F* @( b2 p6 _" eBad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?
+ |; S' `; X6 h2 i) O"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,
# u2 o' i- y0 w- D0 Gand words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?
% S6 I# j7 D8 w% [! y"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits" G( {3 n+ {; @6 |: L! J
Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,. o: h; g% W7 t* K
curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.& W' f: M* n( Y* R! w! a6 m5 x
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
. ~; d; d& |* f0 S, h hWow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly+ y/ O+ {" E6 J- p. Q: o7 x
sounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,
6 R* N! B( J9 @6 S4 qman. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a/ H$ I7 S$ v& i! d- k& l q# t, O
snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist
' h: v7 d' A2 h7 @) l# u" }snack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,+ l5 j: C, f3 s8 e9 l" P+ E6 ^
Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just
# V2 w% i+ ]* l4 Z' vOne." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does( y& m1 V- {8 r# E3 \' n/ U
not belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,
) y0 [! v: k! H' K7 ]% ebut you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not
! R5 Y- ~& X9 p* r j9 H; E: Ycompletely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why/ n, c. t1 Y# R) w r
some of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and
7 m* E0 p+ m3 @/ g- [+ ~$ J1 x2 b1 XMotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on
6 E+ o0 ~$ t3 W$ Othere. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling.
! H! f1 e) B4 a5 X3 mI mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend
8 D) G0 T: Y) Z4 r d2 X. swith. And those Ks, those are agressive sounds. They just jump out at
! T7 M# d3 x4 N. Oyou like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer."' J6 l" l/ \# L6 k! \" }
It's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the
& l$ x) z4 M$ z) jother 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go: T" B5 H4 m2 _6 R/ m+ ]% S: h9 U
together of course. A little accedental humor there. The reason that$ e, b: X$ }! ?
Piss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were
5 M( R( B% n8 Q+ \/ ~5 A3 z3 scertain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I2 b7 t* t5 p# K3 b4 y* e; ?: M" z
don't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such& k' Q4 M8 n$ {: G7 L% z6 ]& r
stupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."$ u/ N5 u, j& K
And, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more* P' k% B; ~$ y0 C/ B
accedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think
. N0 S: s# |+ n: Q) ?0 [it takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very# j$ D3 M( ~1 [/ K
imprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to, D9 R1 d0 j$ l% B" m
hurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,: \4 U9 f0 I0 I5 U" P( I. v
"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love
8 j8 L3 ~1 L) q' a$ K0 Wthan 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is
! [4 _, a. w# B. Ia great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but4 B0 U! D( L0 m5 K
I like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for
/ o$ P8 z7 @% Y& Z6 F. N% E0 I6 L2 Ythe word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,
% W: f' \% o9 q9 Q, MSherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow."
8 G; X4 k$ D P7 }/ ISo maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.
# L# b* M+ O$ U2 |( C/ G6 ~, NI hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any5 Q$ P3 e: t$ K/ D. e
circumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even
( k- O! U3 V( Q( q$ e7 s3 l1 jclinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,
- Z1 K6 W/ L' a& Y& s5 Eand Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.
0 D& c/ z k- W! j0 b6 ?1 e) N kBut there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words.% q6 a; J2 h) X: P% @ W% A" b
Remember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock
. f1 s5 N2 e0 [ l* a' {CROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
( s. s4 v& f/ |0 U4 fthe bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for" \9 q- d) i1 q t' t
Kirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't b5 Z( Z; y7 f/ P/ }# {
say "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding1 J+ e$ m$ `4 ]
them. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that2 @/ M, j& l- f
goes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You, i1 o3 U5 v. h3 Z9 u' i
can prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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