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In Reply to: so......WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU? posted by Jewlz on February 23, 2006 at 17:57:42:
Catchy slogan... But I wonder if they considered that in some parts of the world the word "hell" is still considered an offensive profanity. People will say "aitch e double hockey sticks" so they don't get in trouble for swearing. From reading a couple news stories, it seems even Prime Minister John Howard won't say it:
Howard won't utter new tourism slogan
February 24, 2006 - 11:59AM
Prime Minister John Howard backed a new international tourism promotional campaign but declined to utter the punchline slogan - "Where the bloody hell are you?".
Asked where the bloody hell he was, Mr Howard responded told his radio audience he was in Sydney and heading for Perth later on Friday.
"I saw the campaign. I think it is quite a good campaign. I am not somebody who uses that expression, certainly not on radio," he told Southern Cross radio in Melbourne."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Howard-wont-utter-new-tourism-slogan/2006/02/24/1140670242078.html
Some school districts also take this pretty seriously:
Second-grader suspended for swearing
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) --A second-grader was suspended for a day for telling a classmate he would go to hell for saying, "I swear to God."
Brandy McKenith, 7, was suspended for swearing for saying the word "hell," but her family says she was referring to the biblical location of fire and brimstone.
She served the suspension Tuesday.
The Pittsburgh Public Schools' student code of conduct prohibits profanity, but doesn't provide a definition, spokeswoman Pat Crawford said. The school would not comment further.
Brandy's father, Wayne McKenith, said when he learned about the suspension, he thought perhaps his daughter had said something worse, so he called the teacher for details. He was told another student overheard his daughter say the word.
"I said, 'Hell? She got suspended for that?"' McKenith said."
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/04/swearing.suspension.ap/index.html
