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please tell me when and how we use "hell", "fuck", "damn" in normal speaking.and  what we mean by them when speaking in normal life.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
Theese are called 'swear words'. Do the other languages spoken in India have such words? If so, I imagine they would be used in a similar way.

Best wishes, Clive

Avangi · Answer

Of course these two have religious uses, but that doesn't limit their acceptable use to the church environment.

If you say to someone, "Go to **** !" that would be unacceptable in any company.

"I don't care if we have to wait here till **** freezes over, we're not leaving without him." This is acceptable in casual conversation, and would not offend anyone, since it is not an insult directed at anyone. There may be some people who observe very orthodox religions who would be opposed to any use of "****" other than in referring in a serious discussion to a place of eternal damnation.

And someone might say with great sincerity, "I think that man richly deserves to burn in **** for what he has done." That would only be offensive to the friends of the man in question.

Similarly, "**** you!" is unacceptable, but one might say in exasperation, "I just can't seem to fix this damned thing," and that would be acceptable in a casual conversation among friends, who were not opposed on religious grounds.
It's also used in formal language to mean "to condemn." "The evidence was damning."
"She damned him with faint praise." (pretending to compliment someone, but saying things which are only slightly complimentary)

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