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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

US ranks first in swearing

www.popsci.com

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US ranks first in swearing

www.popsci.com

Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months ago
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‘Some may find it disappointing,’ said the new study’s Australian co-author.
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  • Floodedwomb@lemmy.world
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    It’s a popsci article, so.its probably bullshit.

    • mriswith@lemmy.world
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      I’d take it with a pinch of salt:

      Linguists in Australia recently analyzed the Global Web-Based English Corpus (GloWbE), a massive database containing over 1.9 billion words from 1.8 million web pages across 340,000 websites in 20 English-speaking countries.

      • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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        Pure garbage considering much of the internet is US based.

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    Fucking number one

  • espentan@lemmy.world
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    Using the same word for swearing and having sex helps, I’m sure.

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      Fuck I love to fuck

    • sepi@piefed.social
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      Spaniards have that too

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    Fuck this shit. They don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.

  • stupidcasey@lemmy.world
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    You’re God Damn, Mothr Fuckin’ right. Ain’t No Shit head, Cock suckin’, pussy ass cunts gonna Bastardize Our Record… Dick.

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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    it’s only swearing if someone finds it offensive.

    shit for brains authority figures would rather i call them poop for brains. doesn’t really matter that i’m saying there’s 8 pounds of defecate rattling around in their skulls. it matters that i said a no-no word from before the Norman invasion of england in 1066

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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    Among English speaking countries. I doubt you’d beat mine if it was interlingual analysis.

  • altphoto@lemmy.today
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    Someone hasn’t been to Mexico.

  • callouscomic@lemm.ee
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    Meanwhile we have to act like we don’t at work and around lots of idiots who get “offended.”

    Fucking cunts.

    • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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      Depends on the workplace. At my engineering workplace I regularly hear someone yell “fuck!” or “shit!” when something goes awry. At all my blue collar jobs people cussed like sailors just as long as customers weren’t in earshot.

  • mriswith@lemmy.world
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    More, but worse.

  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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    hell fucking yeah brudder 🇱🇷🇲🇪🇲🇾🇲🇾🗽🌭🔫🔫🛢️👮

  • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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    “Heyyy fucking cowboy, fucking cowgirl, how the fuck are you doing?”

  • Sundray@lemmus.org
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    Well… shit.

  • jenni007@lemm.ee
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    Misleading title! Sorry MAGAs, the study only looked at English-speakers.

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      right… because there is no way US tops eastern europe on this one haha

      • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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        Not even the central Europe, kurva.

      • jenni007@lemm.ee
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        Spot on! Menj a búsba!

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    this is just for online discourse and has no bearings on spoken vulgarity

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      Those silly cunts don’t know where I’m from. I’d question the accuracy of it even for online-only discourse.

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      I wonder how they know if the post is American or from other English speakers?

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      I would say as someone who has spent significant time in the UK, US, and Australia. That irl, people outside the US swear far more. Maybe USians are taking out their frustrations online since they don’t let themselves do it as much irl?

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        Well we have to be real careful because if we swear at the wrong person we get another mass shooting. Also that just happens anyway but we don’t like to identify the real reasons for that kind of thing so let’s blame swearing for a while.

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