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The following is transcript of one of Carlin's program, not the above unfortunately, but it helps to read it.- H* ]3 b* x+ Q8 j7 x
! B& v+ g# e" f3 ]7 h- s& kI love words. I thank you for hearing my words." \. j6 m4 W. v6 W7 ~; i) q8 l
I want to tell you something about words that I think is important.: R) ~" p8 F9 f, B( U
They're my work, they're my play, they're my passion.* }, | _1 R1 D4 T" `
Words are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid.. p& o! T6 O. S; V1 \
then we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for! i% R8 i0 L4 ]2 }* s
that thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same
" S& z& R/ e% L1 P: _) @words that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.4 i' p* B* a0 W7 [1 W
There are some people that are not into all the words.
- S" s2 S" \7 B6 b- z1 }. _4 l) SThere are some that would have you not use certain words., Q" E! R6 s' X0 N/ F
There are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 7
6 e0 l6 O1 T6 x& Y" y" v _of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is.
9 N" I4 w" Y7 |1 D/ L: ?399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous1 c. ?6 B- d! E; J7 [7 c9 H
to be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,
9 \. X* Z0 O O) ZBad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?1 T' ]6 z2 z- r: {7 d: R
"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,
; ~8 n4 P; O! Jand words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?
+ t8 u: W+ q& m* O+ \+ R5 l4 @"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
9 \/ ?$ o& E+ D4 ?Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,
( h/ W6 ^" ~1 Ocurve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.* h& V. H# w# c" e- S4 |" ?/ S5 ]7 ]
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
, I* q5 ~; X9 A g- xWow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly
& ]. C* s9 S* dsounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,4 F i \- C |
man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a
& e9 o( \2 X% j8 ]; f* _snack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist; m3 k: G2 y9 T. H3 h
snack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,
8 \; Q6 q9 i8 G7 DPizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just
. o3 `5 s6 g* _2 S' R/ LOne." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does% L8 T+ r% N- H, ?- H) o2 D
not belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,! _% P3 V& L x0 @) E: W
but you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not
4 Q2 G3 F+ E; Zcompletely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why" \) I- z3 m7 a1 Z
some of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and; u8 J) i6 {$ x. }2 D5 S
MotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on
& v3 m6 H# o3 z" z5 gthere. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling.+ F% y4 w# n$ ^0 s. q
I mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend
( i9 q# b+ p" R2 i4 Kwith. And those Ks, those are agressive sounds. They just jump out at7 Y/ F+ y* i1 t+ w" r
you like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer."8 ^, Z/ K4 p$ d, B# }# ?+ O9 O
It's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the
( ?1 a2 N! W# ?) u% x3 wother 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go
1 D0 Q3 r) o$ c3 J# Jtogether of course. A little accedental humor there. The reason that6 s Y5 t, [, i
Piss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were0 Y: V8 m- J( h0 L6 c9 H6 P+ E4 `
certain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I8 i( _2 _ S2 k, Q1 ]* b" p. H! k
don't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such
2 q7 R% x' X0 {; n8 T$ @stupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."6 |2 D( Q b. g7 p
And, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more9 G& {, m/ S% {
accedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think& o$ E; G/ V$ h K2 j2 l9 a
it takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very
/ C6 @1 _+ B+ uimprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to; {' o8 [& e- C8 Z5 M; ?
hurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,
0 Q [& @% N; x0 ^7 d3 S- b$ P"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love% G: M* W2 X; J) r ^' Q
than 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is& B, a, M' W: \$ ?
a great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but
: I# M/ ^- r& z& w$ ~( i4 D% C3 xI like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for
5 k& t$ H( b9 ?% W4 C9 bthe word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,# i2 k S8 E6 e$ n
Sherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow."
" C) \9 a# Q i3 `So maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.- ^6 W2 \1 F! P6 K4 n- b' U3 A. ^$ s
I hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any
. a- \* `- l9 `' y5 M3 Icircumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even. s, s3 H, m8 O1 {, J
clinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,
; e4 K% j# u& c3 c6 ~and Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.
0 u, o( }7 {& ?0 e3 H$ ]But there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words.
/ [* a# n0 T" \9 Z2 eRemember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock) L0 K, y" b) `/ `
CROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
) |, `3 g4 I) X( m. y9 d% |# [the bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for
/ e) j! [# K8 Q5 x$ T# qKirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't* a" u V- p$ Q( P, y
say "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding6 E! M6 @+ I" i8 O: x
them. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that
. e- X2 F% y ?, Ogoes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You
9 t* ?- q, y: Y; U, R" K; H! _can prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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