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After spending 17 years in the Marine Corps, I don't suspect anyone would refer to me as an "English purist." I've heard and used some of the saltiest profanities ever uttered--but in their place--i.e., in barracks, in barrooms, on forced marches, and the like. However, these profanities were used in the company of other men, and even marines had enough feeling for the amenities to hold their swearing vocabularies behind their teeth when in mixed company.