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Astronomer · 09-14-2009, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

I don't think bloody is really a swear over here, it's easily one of my most used words though!

I agree, which is why I along with the rest of the public were so confused when that advertising campaign was banned in the UK and the US!

**Janszoon** · 09-14-2009, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by storymilo

Oh my bad. I just stereotype people like crazy; makes things a lot simpler

@sidewinder: I've never heard anyone say Twat, but maybe it's just not an east coast thing

"Twat" is definitely considered a swear in the US, at least where I grew up (on the east coast no less).

**Janszoon** · 09-14-2009, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Seltzer

I find 'cuss' itself to be an amusing word - it's just an abbreviation of curse right?

Oh yes "cuss" is a hilarious word. It's redneck for "curse" I guess.

storymilo · 09-14-2009, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

"Twat" is definitely considered a swear in the US, at least where I grew up (on the east coast no less).

Wow, I've never heard anyone say it over here. Guess I've just led a sheltered life

anabundanceoftubes · 09-14-2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Oh yes "cuss" is a hilarious word. It's redneck for "curse" I guess.

I don't think I've ever heard twat used as a "swear word", and I'm the US east coast too.

Also cuss is quite the amusing word. but I think its more what younger kids say then rednecks. A lot of my relatives would fit under that category, and I don't think they say things like that.

asshat · 09-14-2009, 08:48 PM

...the way society come to a consensus about any sounds meaning any ideas was pretty random in the first place....but in order for language to effectively communicate ideas...different words have to have a different impact and have different values placed on them. You'll agree that "to fuck" gives a different impression than "to make love". "****" seems more violent, and makes people more uncomfortable. Language would be far less colorful if we just used a single word for each concept "sex, feces,etc.".

If we keep certain words taboo, they're more effective in getting a point across in extraordinary circumstances.("I'm really ****ing pissed" says more than "I'm angry")

**Janszoon** · 09-14-2009, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by anabundanceoftubes

I don't think I've ever heard twat used as a "swear word", and I'm the US east coast too.

Weird. What part of the east coast are you from? And how have you heard it used, if not as a swear?

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Originally Posted by anabundanceoftubes

Also cuss is quite the amusing word. but I think its more what younger kids say then rednecks. A lot of my relatives would fit under that category, and I don't think they say things like that.

Younger kids? That's interesting. When I lived in the midwest I found that it was rural redneck-types (of all ages) who used the term.

storymilo · 09-14-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Weird. What part of the east coast are you from? And how have you heard it used, if not as a swear?

I'm from Connecticut and I honestly can't say I've ever heard someone say twat seriously. Usually it's just a joke; same with wanker and bloody hell

**Janszoon** · 09-14-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by storymilo

I'm from Connecticut and I honestly can't say I've ever heard someone say twat seriously. Usually it's just a joke; same with wanker and bloody hell

I grew up in Mass. so not too far off. Maybe it has to do with when we grew up? I'm 32, not sure if that's far off from your age or not. Growing up, I never associated it Britishisms like it sounds like you did, it was just a word roughly equivalent to "cunt" in the sense that it could be used as either a crude anatomical reference or an insult.

~~The Unfan~~ · 09-15-2009, 02:42 AM

Growing up in Iowa twat and wank-stain were common, wanker and wank weren't.

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~~The Unfan~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Methville Posts: 2,116	Growing up in Iowa twat and wank-stain were common, wanker and wank weren't.