I think "Father Ted" may be responsible for the increase in the use of the word"feck"....or at least Father Jack Hackett, he made it an art form.
As a parent, I try to set an example. I was asking my boys to reduce their swearing( they have a new computer game, that always seems to require a few extra "expletive deletives") I was told to not be a hypocrite, that I have a rather uniquelly colourful way of expressing surprise. I did not even realise i said that phrase.It is gross, I think I picked it up from my dear old mother. It's so easy to slip into habits and become almost unaware of them.
I like making people laugh....I remember getting this woman in stitches ages ago.. I was helping her shoe my horse and the horse stood on my foot. I pushed her and said "Oh Alice, ouch, you're on my foot, ouch, get off please dear.ooooouuchh" The farrier couldn't keep working she was laughing so much. She'd never heard someone NOT swear in such a situation.
There is a funny file on the net somewhere, all about the word "fuck". Hub brought it home from work, one of the students found it(of course) I tried not to laugh, but it is very funny.
So anyway you lot of feck-arsed gerls be warned...if you keep swearing you may end up looking like this on a windy island somewhere in the Irish Sea.