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Don't try wriggling out with the help of the Grimm Brothers (why are they always called the Brothers Grimm, like the BeeGees like? )
Oddly, I have just been invited to a talk about Tourette's Syndrome. In a gay pub
Why do people with Tourette's always scream obscenities rather than, "Back off, you cad" or "WHat a chump." Only asking
Filling in another form I have just been asked about my "sexuality". It gave me NINE options
Quote from: Nick on October 17, 2011, 03:40:39 PMWhy do people with Tourette's always scream obscenities rather than, "Back off, you cad" or "WHat a chump." Only askingTourettes symptoms includes physical tics and vocalisations. Normally these vocalisations include grunting, throat clearing, shouting and barking. While its not as common as it is made out to be, the verbal tics may also be expressed as coprolalia (the involuntary use of obscene words or socially inappropriate words and phrases). That is basically down to societal influence, if Nick suddenly became an obscene word then they would start using it as well.