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The following is transcript of one of Carlin's program, not the above unfortunately, but it helps to read it.' H1 i. K' a0 U$ m! g
) F+ W+ n$ ]3 |% ~I love words. I thank you for hearing my words.4 u/ U0 K) _$ T6 B; @8 q
I want to tell you something about words that I think is important.
3 r0 F0 S1 V" h1 l/ ]! a% dThey're my work, they're my play, they're my passion.
6 h) _! D# _' `7 J4 H/ _0 X+ I. x# iWords are all we have, really. We have thoughts but thoughts are fluid.
! S- u. M$ v. S5 R1 P: i$ nthen we assign a word to a thought and we're stuck with that word for
0 `5 r2 {9 \/ x4 \! Q, ?+ J& {# T# N5 Tthat thought, so be careful with words. I like to think that the same
: V) \# b1 Q; R uwords that hurt can heal, it is a matter of how you pick them.
$ Z! n$ W, `% W$ s$ m4 V J; `7 oThere are some people that are not into all the words.* C% b. L7 \3 H! [+ W
There are some that would have you not use certain words.5 l" n7 C- C: B, {0 S
There are 400,000 words in the English language and there are 7+ A* d7 A; b2 f3 g, i! p
of them you can't say on television. What a ratio that is.
$ R2 J: n* j3 i4 [399,993 to 7. They must really be bad. They'd have to be outrageous& T) x$ Q" x! I
to be seperated from a group that large. All of you over here,you 7,
3 X+ u6 C- ]9 wBad Words. That's what they told us they were, remember?! H5 o- Z/ k% R0 D5 S3 z
"That's a bad word!" No bad words, bad thoughts, bad intentions,
i9 r X$ X8 n; t% oand words. You know the 7, don't you, that you can't say on television?
: X D* m. q! d! t' H+ H& e6 I, k0 u"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"9 l3 B5 K% Q' t
Those are the heavy seven. Those are the ones that'll infect your soul,
, p* T, x5 ^2 G/ v9 O. ^, [curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.% f0 A: Z2 a5 t4 [1 U
"Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, CockSucker, MotherFucker, and Tits"
F7 z5 z, M2 [# y6 GWow! ...and Tits doesn't even belong on the list. That is such a friendly8 ~( H3 T) ^* e# }0 G
sounding word. It sounds like a nickname, right? "Hey, Tits, come here,
; M: ` d) M+ C# R# G1 ?- h+ ^man. Hey Tits, meet Toots. Toots, Tits. Tits, Toots." It sounds like a
3 o1 J1 t$ I" a' dsnack, doesn't it? Yes, I know, it is a snack. I don't mean your sexist
# h( P& V; h7 Q$ y6 Fsnack. I mean New Nabisco Tits!, and new Cheese Tits, Corn Tits,( n- \# B1 K& z* U! H9 n* K& B: c
Pizza Tits, Sesame Tits, Onion Tits, Tater Tits. "Betcha Can't Eat Just
4 ^6 L& o" V" g! }One." That's true. I usually switch off. But I mean, that word does
" y) o8 s: ]# t0 ynot belong on the list. Actually none of the words belong on the list,( A; W" s6 K* h/ D" ?9 v
but you can understand why some of them are there. I'm not
* G& L6 @9 M. ]5 A( ^completely insensetive to people's feelings. I can understand why& G2 W- s* y$ R0 y
some of those words got on the list, like CockSucker and8 b* O8 N% B5 X$ \0 g; t4 W7 n
MotherFucker. Those are heavyweight words. There is a lot going on
; c# {( z: b. I& Uthere. Besides the literal translation and the emotional feeling.! ~# v; T' j) M# l- J/ p+ \
I mean, they're just busy words. There's a lot of syllables to contend. e, O) a. ^2 X$ J: G. F
with. And those Ks, those are agressive sounds. They just jump out at1 ]2 l4 v, U8 S, N! e/ r1 @
you like "coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer. coCKsuCKer, motherfuCKer."
3 Y% l( ^: |. _/ g$ @It's like an assualt on you. We mentioned Shit earlier, and 2 of the3 @: E8 m( u7 b v7 H+ n' |; U
other 4-letter Anglo-Saxon words are Piss and Cunt, which go
* X/ L4 m; k5 T- ~6 @together of course. A little accedental humor there. The reason that" {0 O; F$ h- m/ ?) c
Piss and Cunt are on the list is because a long time ago, there were
\$ `6 ~0 C0 s% L0 wcertain ladies that said "Those are the 2 I am not going to say. I
4 b3 S4 R4 M1 ]7 f( ^; Qdon't mind Fuck and Shit but 'P' and 'C' are out.", which led to such
6 H) L2 S0 ]' U' m- gstupid sentences as "Okay you fuckers, I'm going to tinckle now."1 t. w0 x- o' q* f5 h- B' L
And, of course, the word Fuck. I don't really, well that's more7 d0 V9 m4 o# {: Q/ y* i
accedental humor, I don't wanna get into that now because I think
+ k4 m% [1 T: w! Q: `it takes to long. But I do mean that. I think the word Fuck is a very
1 d' ?7 Y4 f8 k5 ~4 Jimprortant word. It is the beginning of life, yet it is a word we use to. J: k: n* S4 `4 }+ L6 p/ Z
hurt one another quite often. People much wiser than I am said,2 V5 X, n1 q' L; w2 @% s, D( k) y
"I'd rather have my son watch a film with 2 people making love: S1 N* g- I5 p0 [$ I/ L* S8 s
than 2 people trying to kill one another. I, of course, can agree. It is
7 n7 C* Z9 V- ?* l4 @( w; M, ^a great sentence. I wish I knew who said it first. I agree with that but& `/ c# n/ u3 Z
I like to take it a step further. I'd like to substitute the word Fuck for' l6 i" S/ V) t/ T1 g: R
the word Kill in all of those movie cliches we grew up with. "Okay,
- h( l1 {% [' B- S+ q pSherrif, we're gonna Fuck you now, but we're gonna Fuck you slow."4 [9 ~; c7 k3 q8 S# z2 l
So maybe next year I'll have a whole fuckin' ramp on the N word.+ Q; P( L! q) n! l; m9 \
I hope so. Those are the 7 you can never say on television, under any, |4 H0 j7 Z! E' c
circumstanses. You just cannot say them ever ever ever. Not even& B/ B m8 `9 R( C9 c
clinically. You cannot weave them in on the panel with Doc, and Ed,
! k- B/ Q; v8 }and Johnny. I mean, it is just impossible. Forget tHose 7. They're out.8 H& Q) Z; X2 p K
But there are some 2-way words, those double-meaning words.1 U* ?: N7 w! G+ j, c6 v) k
Remember the ones you giggled at in sixth grade? "...And the cock
# c" G9 q9 e2 E: jCROWED 3 times" "Hey, tha cock CROWED 3 times. ha ha ha ha. Hey, it's in
# S) \* n Z7 |- U0 P8 J- j$ Bthe bible. ha ha ha ha. There are some 2-way words, like it is okay for
" V6 j, u M1 x+ RKirk Youdi to say "Roberto Clametti has 2 balls on him.", but he can't% e. _/ |( B7 ]. y
say "I think he hurt his balls on that play, Tony. Don't you? He's holding; d% \/ M5 l# B
them. He must've hurt them, by God." and the other 2-way word that4 I5 ? J9 K+ M# c- q4 a
goes with that one is Prik. It's okay if it happens to your finger. You5 L2 U P ^8 X: ]+ j2 H
can prik your finger but don't finger your prik. No,no. |
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