YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIt's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages.message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up168arrow-down1message-squareIt's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 months agoIt varies within english too. Cunt is an offensive term in British English while it is a term of endearment in Australian English
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-24 months agoFWIW I think it’s mostly gone the Aussie way in the UK over the past decade unless you’re taking to a pensioner. Just the yanks now
minus-square48954246@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoContext is very important there. I definitely wouldn’t recommend calling random people in the streets cunts
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoDepends on the street in the Goldy
minus-square48954246@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoQueensland is a wild untamed land
It varies within english too.
Cunt is an offensive term in British English while it is a term of endearment in Australian English
FWIW I think it’s mostly gone the Aussie way in the UK over the past decade unless you’re taking to a pensioner.
Just the yanks now
Context is very important there. I definitely wouldn’t recommend calling random people in the streets cunts
Depends on the street in the Goldy
Queensland is a wild untamed land