> The second one gets the same message across in my opinion, but without resorting to obscene language. Same denotation, different connotation and emotional co

> The second one gets the same message across in my opinion, but without resorting to obscene language. Same denotation, different connotation and emotional content (assuming both sentences are spoken by the same person). There are people at my work from whom the first example is heard daily, and people for whom it would be severely out of character. > Is it normal to hear your professor or boss speaking like that in a professional setting? Only one or two of my professors, out of a couple dozen, but probably 3 of the 5 bosses I've worked under would occasionally use that kind of language.