Comment on It's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages.

slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  FWIW I think it’s mostly gone the Aussie way in the UK over the past decade unless you’re taking to a pensioner

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  • kip@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ll confirm this, my english mother in her 70s who happily uses swears of all strengths up to and including fuck used to screw her face up in a scowl if you dropped a cunt in conversation, but now doesn’t bat an eye

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• 48954246@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Context is very important there. I definitely wouldn’t recommend calling random people in the streets cunts

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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Depends on the street in the Goldy

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    • 48954246@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Queensland is a wild untamed land

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