language police butt out!

I read a couple of interesting posts this evening, one by Keri Smith on the importance of maintaining the potency of swear words by using them very judiciously, maybe even very sparingly; and one at So Many Books on grammar police vs free speech, or true speech. Although I've been known to chuckle at the mis-speech of others at times, I hope I haven't been snobby or rude. One of the delights of language is how easy it is to mis-speak and misunderstand, sometimes causing havoc, but often just funny moments that make us all human.