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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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( C9 M' q- k! a# ~! _I love words. I thank you for hearing my words. u3 X9 Y5 V$ y5 B9 w# p1 @9 _
I want to tell you something about words that I think is important.+ K" b. s% o5 e
They're my work, they're my play, they're my passion.$ N6 k9 G3 E* K4 t
Words are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid.
7 o: |5 t* x3 ?+ ithen we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for
; j! D7 a) P9 C+ L6 tthat thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same
k6 e5 k+ D, W7 x3 b O' [words that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.0 P; q/ \- i Z% @& q) [9 L
There are some people that are not into all the words.
' {1 m$ a& o8 f, ?) @7 b' f' K- H& IThere are some that would have you not use certain words.
9 b- t( z1 F5 G" s$ BThere are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 7' q, j3 ]4 ^3 s
of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is. ~# h* U- U; I
399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous
9 ?$ a' w; @5 @3 V& i; ]$ hto be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,, w5 N, C# o1 q* ]" D% E% s
Bad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?" {* z, N' X0 Q( m% [) [
"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,
! [% c; O" p1 h$ W6 g9 [4 G4 Iand words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?( @* T7 _2 l, U
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
$ R+ T: ]3 d% l4 M5 l' WThose are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,' U) v8 G; u# x4 v( s9 ]
curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.
$ J, v8 w" ?7 A9 N: m"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
) Z+ h3 O1 Q- N0 P" m: e& i* g9 QWow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly
, f8 { E9 i0 U6 Z6 j: X) x# D( isounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,: x2 _& t# w& B) D) W+ c3 @
man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a B6 K( i, ]1 `. z h6 L0 e
snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist; T& L" x1 _5 w3 M, M% z
snack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,4 B8 W- a% s5 V
Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just9 X' u) |7 g! W( R/ q! Q. a
One." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does) u, k( s; h2 D' M* ]/ E! s! {
not belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,8 x7 A4 y1 E, X+ K3 h9 X
but you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not3 e& V. U- }+ \! I
completely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why. R0 T' e2 |2 |: F
some of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and
' R0 i' M3 }; b2 ]MotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on
- j4 `, K9 l- athere. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling.' c4 C. b$ }: M2 P1 U) P; @$ {
I mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend2 \! F2 `/ L& F, T8 h" y/ T* H5 V+ r
with. And those Ks, those are agressive sounds. They just jump out at
# f# C1 V+ M, z; syou like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer."+ U% d- V( r/ X) i( Z( W+ s
It's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the
2 R$ B7 l. z' I( c4 ] T2 k, E4 Rother 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go
3 _7 b9 Y) u1 Z, U9 \9 C. n& otogether of course. A little accedental humor there. The reason that: }: [7 N+ X' @( n: I5 U5 ^8 |% C
Piss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were
/ U1 Z& o- G7 i$ I6 A% E# S/ ~certain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I' d. s4 c2 u; n- q& ~7 C. k
don't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such
! |6 a3 r2 ~3 M% a4 Xstupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."
- w, E# @; x: TAnd, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more
* G! o) C' k; C+ paccedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think
7 U& U, j) c0 @6 I7 {2 }: xit takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very
* I9 P: ?2 I& Y q, O* N5 Cimprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to+ Y# ]* X, I) a
hurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,9 Z5 `8 f% M" Y& V( J
"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love- z* Z/ S8 Y( ]& d! I) D* b
than 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is
. i* U* o ] ^1 h0 j8 M- N9 A% ja great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but8 N' w! O0 T2 k" n: i: y+ h |
I like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for
0 ~5 Y5 g1 V" a( ?/ x( Mthe word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,- e' |$ A d3 S, r; {- k5 L- t
Sherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow."
' Z, a! H! ]6 S; U* ~2 A0 BSo maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.
0 l7 J1 W7 @! d. a/ A" iI hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any( h2 v$ X3 \$ u9 ~& v& y, a
circumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even: D9 O/ \, d- a9 I1 A5 L) W
clinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,) i6 \% t0 G6 n$ G2 |5 N) F- j
and Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.- \+ H- R+ z: M8 e$ h7 c
But there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words.! f) G X8 J& d k( I6 L$ J0 h
Remember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock
) ^% n2 n' K& x# C5 C. yCROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
2 ^2 H1 ~* X6 K. V8 H+ f/ Mthe bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for4 Y$ p7 q0 \6 p/ n: k+ C3 E
Kirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't4 H1 F, y* I9 H) K
say "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding
& R* ]: y* j1 r5 D7 Nthem. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that b( f/ t2 {( v! U B& H/ U) w
goes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You
+ u+ b& ~. E5 [" R( kcan prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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