BrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 9 months agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up1542arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1533arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoXM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square199fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-squareM. D. Pan0wskilinkfedilinkEnglish12•9 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@LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•9 months agoMost are IMO. Cunt is a special case. Fuck and shit in most contexts are going to be fine.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 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.