Is using feck acceptable

[Dave the OAP]

on holiday in Menorca, there was an oirish pub down the way, which we frequented a few times.

there was a bloke with his guitar doing the old diddly eye eye and every other word was feck.

As in......" Oi you talkin whilst I am singing...feck off"

It was actually very funny but is it acceptable?

 

[Digweeds Trousers]

Oh Feck Off

 

[CHAPPERS]

Oh Feck Off

Wondered how long it would take for that post.

 

[Safeway]

I thought 'feck' was just a word invented in 'Father Ted' and therefore instantly not funny.

The only offensive thing about it is it's origins.

 

[Marc]

1 entry found for feck.
feck

\Feck\, n. [Abbrev. fr. effect.] 1. Effect. [Obs.]

2. Efficacy; force; value. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

3. Amount; quantity. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

He had a feck o' books wi' him. --R. L. Stevenson.

The most feck, or The feck, the greater or larger part. ``The feck o' my life.'' --Burns.

 

[Blackadder]

My understanding is that "Feck" is used a lot in Ireland as a milder version of the F word!


Like some people used to say "Flip" over here.



I first heard it a fair few years ago, I'm sure it was prior to Father Ted.

 

[Scotty Mac]

father ted

 

[Cian]

Feck off and get a fecking hiberno fecking English dictionary, you feckers

Completely acceptable, even the teachers use it here.

It wasn't invented by Father Ted, remember that show even had its own fake curse, Fup (as used at the deckchair place)