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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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vulgar as I am sick

Someone is annoying someone else who happens to be very sick and the sick person says:

For once I am going to be as vulgar as I am sick.

Is that natural?

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Anonymous For once I am going to be as vulgar as I am sick. The sentence is correctly formed, but I don't understand the intent. We use vulgar to describe unseemly language, so does this mean that the sick person is going to swear and say nasty things to the other person who is annoying him?

— Philip

  • Anonymous For once I am going to be as vulgar as I am sick.
  • The sentence is correctly formed, but I don't understand the intent.
  • We use vulgar to describe unseemly language, so does this mean that the sick person is going to swear and say nasty things to the other person who is annoying him?
  • If so, this sentence is fine.
  • It's perfectly natural, but not very normal (common).
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AnonymousFor once I am going to be as vulgar as I am sick.
The sentence is correctly formed, but I don't understand the intent. We use vulgar to describe unseemly language, so does this mean that the sick person is going to swear and say nasty things to the other person who is annoying him? If so, this sentence is fine. It's perfectly natural, but not very
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Hi

Yes the person is about to swear at the other person
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AnonymousFor once I am going to be as vulgar as I am sick.
Yes. The sick person is sick of being harassed, so he's going to chew out his nemesis with foul language.
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This would only be applicable if the sick person was, say, an old maid schoolteacher who has always made it a point of being very prim and proper.
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AnonymousThis would only be applicable if the sick person was, say, an old maid schoolteacher who has always made it a point of being very prim and proper.
None of my friends and acquaintances are vulgar, and they are from many different professions - doctors, professors, artists, engineers, financial advisers, etc. Being vulgar carries no honor.
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