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Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim (www.theguardian.com)
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Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've always perceived Americans as very curse word friendly people. Not like Australians of course, but still very accepting of it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Most are IMO. Cunt is a special case. Fuck and shit in most contexts are going to be fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Australians have a strange sense if humor.