tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300524510224940889.post6939529672623396145..comments2023-05-30T00:39:17.957-07:00Comments on In Which I Am Alive: What the cuss?risshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13105760404189361066noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300524510224940889.post-79684644044934252452010-07-04T22:59:50.756-07:002010-07-04T22:59:50.756-07:00I think it's interesting how even the types of...I think it's interesting how even the types of words considered as swears differs from language to language. If you translate a perfectly acceptable sentance in English literally to Japanese or German or Norwegian, all of a sudden you've open a whole new can of connotation worms that had no place in the original language. Most Scandinavian swears have to do the the devil... but saying "You devil!" to someone in America isn't even blinked at. On the other hand, "skitt" (pronounced exactly the same as our favorite four-letter s-word swear) is used commonly by everyone and means "filtth." No worries.<br /><br />Even in English, different words are seen as swears in different regions. Just try swapping swears with an Englishman.<br /><br />If it's not the meaning of the words, but the attitude, then there's something more to the council not to swear than simply avoiding a proscribed list of socially "edgy" phrases.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564507888967932403noreply@blogger.com