BrikoXM to Interesting [email protected]English • 6 months agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1524arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoXM to Interesting [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square195fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-squareM. D. Pan0wskilinkfedilinkEnglish12•6 months agoI’ve always perceived Americans as very curse word friendly people. Not like Australians of course, but still very accepting of it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•6 months agoMost are IMO. Cunt is a special case. Fuck and shit in most contexts are going to be fine.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoAustralians have a strange sense if humor.
I’ve always perceived Americans as very curse word friendly people. Not like Australians of course, but still very accepting of it.
Most are IMO. Cunt is a special case. Fuck and shit in most contexts are going to be fine.
Australians have a strange sense if humor.