"And your language doesn't offend me, sir--but frankly, your ideas do."

And if my language offends you, sir, look up the derivation of the offending word.

I'm sorry my language offends you, but I don't withdraw the comment.

In fact, Mr. Pryor's often harsh observations and explicit language did offend some audiences.

Nevertheless, the language of the Immortality Ode offended many liberal critics who had up to then been sympathetic to Wordsworth's poetry.

The familiar language drew a basilisk stare from the abbot, terrified but at the same time mortally offended.

The Bourbons' feudal language offended many Frenchmen, who concluded that rights granted as a favour were always subject to revocation as a punishment.

But Mozart's arrested adolescence, his crude language, his high-pitched voice, nervous giggle and unerring ability to offend everyone around him appall Salieri's refined sensibilities.

A word of caution: Certain language may offend sensitive readers, but we are leaving the letter intact to increase the chance that someone might recognize the writer's syntax.

Zeb, I'm sorry that my language offended you.