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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./ m% _2 Q9 l" ?- Y/ s% M: o: ?: |
I want to tell you something about words that I think is important.# ?2 x- |. S8 |7 |5 Y! e
They're my work, they're my play, they're my passion.
9 j+ s. }; T! L) |Words are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid.! C6 ]0 _" O; b+ p+ o
then we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for
4 X& R8 a6 s4 \, I% sthat thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same( X2 L1 u2 W" @2 k+ m
words that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.2 F1 H O/ A& O5 j0 V0 M: W$ `' j
There are some people that are not into all the words.
0 U. b% W# h1 k- S+ T- tThere are some that would have you not use certain words.$ _5 I9 `2 [; ]5 I( ]) ?/ ~
There are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 78 E' C+ O) r0 M0 m4 d) ?
of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is.
! y' _ K7 M' A; Y399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous% S B) t Y5 F5 u& V0 c/ a" z u
to be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,
9 [7 T) o+ c: \/ OBad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?2 z3 m; a" L) ]% Z2 ~$ C
"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,& V& E) @" j$ Z0 a" s L2 [
and words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?; f+ m H4 I4 T4 Q7 k
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"0 W* H' U4 p5 m$ V7 y
Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,$ Q) R+ F! J+ K3 Z. j
curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.
1 y0 u0 y( s4 J4 V; H"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
7 J5 ], d# g9 }/ _' \- WWow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly! q, x7 c: D- [ L
sounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,8 R& N: {; g- Q {( g/ F1 s
man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a% F4 {' {; H, I+ l* p3 Y
snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist" L9 P( ~! n# B* g. i
snack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,. n: J, R# o1 n6 R' \& q
Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just4 D9 @$ p* Z2 b$ n1 t7 B
One." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does
4 j4 Z+ y9 {: O- A$ ?, M- {$ Pnot belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,6 N' N- b$ W6 W
but you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not+ b! `" ]8 T; w( \ q1 o) |% G
completely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why
# g& r9 v" C9 j8 }) Qsome of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and* }4 o" p5 C- B/ s# U* Y* z! U
MotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on
, p7 w$ N6 S0 z; qthere. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling.' a- d) T+ f- j+ Z- R4 z9 l' c
I mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend
, N" m9 m. V& Q( w z5 awith. And those Ks, those are agressive sounds. They just jump out at
7 J; j6 T C, ^. y( S) hyou like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer."
" _* U+ k1 T+ A( LIt's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the6 H# n/ I$ ?* {( f) F7 B7 G. `
other 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go
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Piss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were+ q& R, T* r' q% V: L$ C
certain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I" F- j! |0 S y* y
don't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such; c( U l+ L1 w; ~) U- l; ]
stupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."
& n$ B; i" N) ^4 }And, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more- U, l( z; O3 a; R" s& V3 u
accedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think
) |/ |+ N) q0 U6 ait takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very* K5 U2 y" V" E6 q' O/ y
imprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to
( _2 L8 V" X/ Y9 n$ ?6 l1 nhurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,' ` k# v" n% }1 {2 G9 I) h
"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love, ~& z* F4 O# y3 s. S
than 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is) m& u3 K# |1 P" ]1 G9 i; w
a great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but' v- ^# _* F, w9 O Z
I like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for
% D& @7 K3 z, \the word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,
2 D! A. t* G' O9 H! i; r; z* NSherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow.". a, F/ p: ~+ W5 M
So maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.9 K H, K! q% P0 i* a& I* A
I hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any
! c" Z7 f- {9 B! H7 F! J; Jcircumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even" _! L* E, j) l, } S$ ]2 g
clinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,
0 b$ s8 q3 o5 o, Mand Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.. ~) n3 n: V y7 `" p! Q9 O
But there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words.6 Z1 h* W4 s8 ^2 B. F, z6 f) j/ K
Remember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock
1 t4 v- `6 [0 m& V8 iCROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
$ \1 }2 u6 b0 |, n9 e; v' _1 t8 Uthe bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for$ B7 F( B" e" U+ G5 c
Kirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't4 E$ c6 A, w) Q \+ L+ g [
say "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding
/ |: ]& w* |5 J, d$ Wthem. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that
9 g0 s. r6 ^/ v$ tgoes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You, V* P& C8 n% g$ s8 `
can prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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