BrikoXM to Interesting [email protected]English • 10 months agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1501arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoXM to Interesting [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square179fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-squareM. D. Pan0wskilinkfedilinkEnglish12•10 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@LemmyIsFantasticlinkEnglish17•10 months agoMost are IMO. Cunt is a special case. Fuck and shit in most contexts are going to be fine.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 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.