I think we definitely have a good range of swearing here! I and my friends and family also have the habit of making up swear words - usually involving animals; don't ask me why. (Apparently 'chicken-fucker' is a common insult in Holland.) We have a lot of mid-range swearing which I don't think are common in the US. "Twat, wanker, knob, bollocks, tosser, tosspot, sod, git etc."
Swearing is definitely common here and people throw it about a lot. I'm fine with it unless I'm with my nieces/nephews and people are swearing. As for easily accepted, obviously that's more personal. A lot of women I know can swear with the best of them but draw the line at 'c*nt'. I'm 24 and will swear in front of my parents - to a point - but not my grandparents. I don't know how it works in the US but we have a watershed on TV. In theory, there isn't meant to be any swearing before 9pm but a lot slips through. You'd have to wait 'til after nine for 'shit' and 'fuck' and probably after 10 for 'motherfucker'(though that wouldn't be on in British programming, only in American stuff that gets shown here.) and, I'd say, after 11pm to say 'c*nt' without getting bleeped. But, then, on Sky (satellite TV), they're a bit more relaxed and would just warn people beforehand that it's about to get all sweary.
I like talking about swearing! I don't know what that says about me! If you want any examples or to find out the level of offense something would cause, I'm happy to give an opinion. Or on slang. We have a lot of slang; regional or otherwise.
I like that this thread has thrown up some 'minor' points on Britpicking because it's the small things that can give someone away. Also, I never get the chance to comment much on that HP britglish comm because a lot of the things people ask are about either other time periods or really specific areas of interest so this makes a nice change.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2012-05-01 04:23 pm (UTC)Swearing is definitely common here and people throw it about a lot. I'm fine with it unless I'm with my nieces/nephews and people are swearing. As for easily accepted, obviously that's more personal. A lot of women I know can swear with the best of them but draw the line at 'c*nt'. I'm 24 and will swear in front of my parents - to a point - but not my grandparents. I don't know how it works in the US but we have a watershed on TV. In theory, there isn't meant to be any swearing before 9pm but a lot slips through. You'd have to wait 'til after nine for 'shit' and 'fuck' and probably after 10 for 'motherfucker'(though that wouldn't be on in British programming, only in American stuff that gets shown here.) and, I'd say, after 11pm to say 'c*nt' without getting bleeped. But, then, on Sky (satellite TV), they're a bit more relaxed and would just warn people beforehand that it's about to get all sweary.
I like talking about swearing! I don't know what that says about me! If you want any examples or to find out the level of offense something would cause, I'm happy to give an opinion. Or on slang. We have a lot of slang; regional or otherwise.
I like that this thread has thrown up some 'minor' points on Britpicking because it's the small things that can give someone away. Also, I never get the chance to comment much on that HP britglish comm because a lot of the things people ask are about either other time periods or really specific areas of interest so this makes a nice change.