YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agoIt's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages.message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareIt's interesting to see what qualifies as a swear in different languages.YICHM@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·6 days 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-up11·edit-26 days 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-up9·6 days agoContext is very important there. I definitely wouldn’t recommend calling random people in the streets cunts
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 days agoDepends on the street in the Goldy
minus-square48954246@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days 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