• @[email protected]
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    71 day ago

    Unrelated, genuine question: Why do some people write “fookin”?

    Is it just for fun?
    Do you pronounce it that way?

    I personally write “fucking” and rarely “fuckin”.

    Just curious.

    • @[email protected]
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      618 hours ago

      I think it’s use is popularized by the tv show ‘Peaky Blinders’ with the Birmingham pronunciation of the word.

      Some have accustomed themselves of writing a bit more cautious, as multiple platforms have active swear detection (not the reason to use it on Lemmy, but there were are).

    • @AngryCommieKender
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      18 hours ago

      I thought it was to emphasize that they are Australian, but that’s just because of a character in a book that I read.