“All fear of 'offensive' speech is bourgeois and reactionary. Historically, profane or bawdy language was common in both the upper and the lower classes, who lived together in rural areas amid the untidy facts of nature. Notions of propriety and decorum come to the fore in urbanized periods ruled by an expanding middle class, which is obsessed with cleanliness, respectability, and conformism.” FactsTogetherLanguageCommonClassMiddleInternetPeriodsSpeechAreasNotionObsessedMiddle ClassFree SpeechOffensiveExpandingBourgeoisCleanlinessReactionariesProprietyProfaneRespectabilityDecorumLower ClassRural Areas Author:Camille Paglia
“There is no doubt about it: we are judged by our language as much as (perhaps more than) we are judged by our appearance, our choice of associates, our behavior. Language communicates so much more than ideas; it reveals our intelligence, our knowledge of a topic, our creativity, our ability to think, our self-confidence, et cetera.” ThinkingIdeasSelfChoicesLanguageLeadershipAbilityCreativityDoubtSpeechBehaviorCommunicateAppearanceSelf ConfidenceNo DoubtJudgedAssociatesTopicsOur Choices Book:The Language of leadership Source: The Language of leadership