As a Brit, do you think you swear too often?

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blackbeltgf@reddit

I try not to at all since I became a parent. I don't want to set a bad example.

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Can I ask what’s a bad example about swearing? It’s a linguistic device, it’s used for emphasis or to express emotion. It can’t hurt anyone. If it’s used to be offensive or hurtful then it’s wrong but the same is true of “you’re stupid” or “you’re fat” and they’re not swear words

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Current-Occasion-380@reddit

I became a parent and decided that fuck it, we're British 🤣 I taught them when and where its okay to swear, at home is okay, in public and school is not. They are lil demons but not one issue of swearing in public. They're proper polite to people and then will turn round and be like "she's a-fucking-nnoying" and I just have to withhold laughter.

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Hello-Potion-Seller@reddit

Kids always get me when they utter something that sounds absolutely middle aged. I remember my second cousin once said "Bloody Nora, I thought she'd never shut the fuck up." She was 7.

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Current-Occasion-380@reddit

Did she use it right tho? Was Nora being annoying? 😆

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Hello-Potion-Seller@reddit

She was tbh, and bloody nora is just a variant of bloody hell here!

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Current-Occasion-380@reddit

Cool!! As long as she used it correctly, that's the main thing 😆 a kid just going ah well fuck me when talking about eating dinner is a no, fuck you when in an argument, totally appropriate 😆😆

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BigBunneh@reddit

We adopted older kids, so had to learn to parent pretty quickly, including the no-swearing rule. About a week in, we were out in the garden and I pulled the mower cord to start it. The hand grip broke as I pulled and I tore a chunk of flesh out of my palm with the cut plastic, blood trickling down my wrist. I just held it, and called calmly to my wife, "I think I need to go to A&E". They were not the words in my head, and I was so fucking proud of myself 😁

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BobBobBobBobBobDave@reddit

Becoming a parent made me realise how much I swore.

Now have to say things like "Oh Gosh" instead of "For Fuck's Same". Yes, I swear too often.

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Correct_Emergency284@reddit

I freely swear in front of my kids, some people flinch at it but the consequence is that my kids don’t bat an eyelid whereas I was terrified as a kid when my mum swore because I knew it meant she was really, really furious about something.

It’s like having a glass of wine, your kids can see you doing it but understand that it’s not right for them, yet.

On the rare occasion that they’ve asked me about swearing I’ve said that it’s like farting - it’s normal and harmless but there’s a time and a place where it’s not appropriate and you need to hold it in

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Extension_Common_518@reddit

My kids are growing up fully bilingual here in Japan. “ For fuck’s sake” is definitely part of their active English vocabulary.

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

I got a Wisconsinite swearing in British English

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FeistyTradition5714@reddit

What other sort of fucking English is there? Forfucksake!

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

He was mainly using the tame American cuss words, I also managed to teach him a couple Finnish swear words too

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Tracie10000@reddit

Teach us some Finnish swear words please.

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Vittu, means pussy but Finns use it like we do the F word, Perkele is god of thunder, a good one to use casually, Paska is shit, look online, I can’t really describe the way Donna swears easily

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weateallthepies@reddit

I love foreign languages that like to sprinkle in some English words, especially is it’s swearing 😂. My old Indian boss always made me laugh with an endless string of Hindi, punctuated with a sudden “fucking bastard cunt!” In the middle of it

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Autogen-Username1234@reddit

We had a chap from the German division of the company over here for six months. He told us that "I have learned that English is the best fucking language for swearing!"

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feralhog3050@reddit

I thought i was being clever around my kids until I heard my 4 year old say "OH FOR SAKE" 😂

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BigBunneh@reddit

My mate's wife sat in shock one day as she watched her 2 year old bump down the stairs on her bum, each step accompanied by a "Bugger!". My mate got a bollocking for that one, he worked at home woodworking, must've hit his thumb too many times in earshot of her 😁

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Aware_Ad_431@reddit

When my 25 year old was a toddler, I pulled up sharp to avoid hitting a cat any a tiny voice behind me muttered ‘fuck sake’

Oops

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VegetableWeekend6886@reddit

I say 'Gosh!' to my christian friend, I'm actually quite impressed by how well I manage it

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ultimateberk@reddit

I remember realising i swore too much when my boy was falling asleep next to me and proceeded to say "fuck sake" over and over again

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chmath80@reddit

I remember a cartoon from a greeting card years ago.

First image, young mother with 2 preschoolers in tow and arms full of grocery bags, about to open her front foor.

Second image, groceries all over the doorstep, eggs and bottles smashed. Chaos.

Third image, father comes home, mother says "We have a problem".

Final image, both parents look in on the young ones, who are both sitting on the floor playing, and both going "Fuck, shit, fucking shit, shitting fuck" and giggling.

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Dependent_Formal2525@reddit

My friends toddler said the cutest "oh shit", him: "she didn't get it from me, I say oh fuck".

I learned swear words in other languages to cover the need to swear when little humans are present.

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Limbix@reddit

This is true. There are a lot of 'fun's sakes' and 'funny mothers' round my sister's place now she's had kids.

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coelakanth@reddit

Heavens to Betsy

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asj1981@reddit

I'm picturing Homer building a dog house. "Oh fiddlesticks, that will require a tetanus shot" 🤣

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Jonseroo@reddit

Our process:

We'll have a swear box. We'll give the money to an environmental charity. That's nice. Although, I do notice we're swearing just as much as we were, but now we think we're doing good. Okay, we'll give the money to a bad charity. The North American Man Boy Love Association (there isn't a British version). Okay, well we are swearing less, but the odd obscenity does still slip through the cracks, and that's also what we're funding. How about we give the swear box money to the Tory party?

Ten years without swearing.

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Outrageous_Sink3299@reddit

😂😂😂😂 brilliant. Just brilliant.

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brainletmesleep@reddit

Fuck no

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Hafnic@reddit

Fuck no

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Agathabites@reddit

You fucking stole my fucking idea!

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Ok_Chipmunk_7066@reddit

Came here to say the same fucking thing.

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Shot-Disk5958@reddit

Hell fucking no

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deHaga@reddit

Fucking beat me to it

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asymmetricears@reddit

Fucks sake, early fucking bird and all that

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RFRMT@reddit

Took the works right out of my fucking mouth.

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Rozza@reddit

Fuck the lot of you for beating me to it. OP of course we don’t shit about that, life’s too fucking short.

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Serious_Cat6680@reddit

Jesus fucking Christ, I’m always late to the shitting party!!!

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sprainedmind@reddit

I would have been fucking furious if this hadn't been the top fucking response.

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Anxious-Ad700@reddit

For fucks sake, I’m just so fucking pissed off, that I was fucking beat to it.

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andypanty69@reddit

Fuck me. That was quick.

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Aware_Ad_431@reddit

For fuck’s sake..

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Bowman_1972@reddit

Fuck! Fucking fuckers fucking fucked.

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BigBunneh@reddit

Wanker! Oh sorry, wrong thread.

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wittgensteinways@reddit

For fuck's sakes, why does every fucker think it's fucking funny to add as many fucking swears to this thread as they fucking can? What a bunch of absolute fucking rotters.

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RaveyDave666@reddit

Stole all our thunder, motherfucker 😠

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Revolutionary-Key650@reddit

No I fucking did not!

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Adorable_Past9114@reddit

Oh for fucks sake, you fuckers are to quick

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House_Of_Thoth@reddit

Oi you bunch of cunts, there's kids round 'ere so keep that crap off this bleedin' app

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Unhappy_Clue701@reddit

Fucking early bird gets the fucking worm, but it’s the second fucking mouse that gets the fucking cheese.

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zappamorey@reddit

😂😂😂😂😭😭

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open-perception4@reddit

Why do I fucking bother? 🤷 All you cunts beat me to it. 🤬

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kendoddsdadsdeaddog@reddit

Wankers!

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JustinSanders95@reddit

Quite literally said to myself ‘the top comment better be ‘fuck no’. Not disappointed

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PresidentPingu1@reddit

Beat me to it, fucker!

I swear loads, but never in a professional setting and never in front of kids other than my own (who are teenagers and hear far worse at school)

I fucking love a good swear

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BigBunneh@reddit

It was a relief when my kids left home and adulted. I can now speak now freely (and never watch a bloody Pixar ever again).

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HopeTerminator@reddit

My fucking answer too.

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Jumpy_Avocado_6249@reddit

Hey fuck you for swearing on here 🤣

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Exact-Character313@reddit

Dagnamit. I wanted to say that

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Mouffcat@reddit

Dagnaabit.

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Old-Lion-4189@reddit

Come on

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Repligator5ith@reddit

Fuck me for fucks sake - this exact-a-fucking-lutely what I was gonna fuckin' say!

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LowAioli3870@reddit

Ah fuck, you fucking beat me to it.

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WelshFiremanSam@reddit

I knew this was going go be the first comment, I said it in my head and saw this lol

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Greedy-Ad-3779@reddit

Is the right fucking answer.

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GiovanniVanBroekhoes@reddit

Check out this dickhesd thinking he speaks for us all. Fuck no.

Sorry.

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Hafnic@reddit

I'm a fucking Lady

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GiovanniVanBroekhoes@reddit

And that stops you being a dickhesd how????

Double Sorry.

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Serious_Cat6680@reddit

The apology at the end sent me 😂😂😂😂

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Astr0Scot@reddit

Hey, I’m going to have a swear box installed on Monday….Fucking joking, you twat! I’m on turbo.

-Malcolm Tucker

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UntappdBeer@reddit

Up voted for quoting Tucker.

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Livewire____@reddit

You fucking hit the tt right on the clt there, you cnting bastard.

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SituationMundane5452@reddit

You fucking what?

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whatsgoingon350@reddit

Ah fuck came here to say that to realise we probably do.

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RoyalDistribution976@reddit

yea bro yelled at my moms once felt rlly bad ngl

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ExitNo48@reddit

No fucking way

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Joyride4Life@reddit

You can call me a cunt , but I think fuck no, I don’t swear enough anymore.

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ImpossibleHouse6765@reddit

NO

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ZombieGash@reddit

Yes and I fuckin love it, you cunt.

Sorry

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Spudsmad@reddit

We use a multi purpose word ie fuck. Eg fuck you. You are a fuck. Cannot be fucked to do something.

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Particular-Pace-2990@reddit

Fucking right I'm a cunt for it

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JosKarith@reddit

Fuck off.

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Tracie10000@reddit

For fuck sake what gives anyone the impression that any fucking brits ever fucking swear. What an absolute fucking weird idea.

Also.... maybe

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chefshoes@reddit

i dont swear at people much i mostly swear at inanimate objects, a desk, the mower, the oven, hoover, the car

dad swore a lot so guess picked it up from him

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Stunning_Baldrick@reddit

Fuck yeah

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paranoid_adamdroid@reddit

I don't fucking swear enough.

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Ineeda_lie_in@reddit

Abso-fucking-lutely

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Disastrous_Fill_5566@reddit

Fuck no, not nearly shitting well often enough.

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Kitchen_Moose717@reddit

Oh for fuck’s sake!

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BigManLikeBarey@reddit

No I fucking don’t

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Critical-Egg-5433@reddit

I don't fucking swear enough

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geth1962@reddit

Yes. Fuck is used like a comma. I do try not to

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YorkshireMary@reddit

Yes, but don't care alot

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Metalmilitia22@reddit

What the fuck dude no

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AllMuckandMuscle@reddit

I swear way too much

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Shtiffy01@reddit

F#ck no !

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Basic_Mission1057@reddit

Not a fucking chance, I love swearing, I think it expresses more and helps show how angry or excited I am about something!

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lukespicer@reddit

I swear a LOT, but generally never felt it was too often.

However I recently realised that my partner's family never swear so they probably frown upon it when I let one slip.

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dod_murray@reddit

I worked with a man who swore every other word, and often between syllables of words for emphasis e.g. "abso-fucking-lutely"

Once he hit his thumb with a hammer and said "ow you bas-fucking-tard".

No-one ever said anything about it being too much.

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soopertyke@reddit

Abso-fucking-lutely

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Expensive-Draw-6897@reddit

Fuck yeah, I'm Scottish, swearing is part of my national identity and culture.

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p1p68@reddit

Cunt, why are you asking that?

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dbe14@reddit

Fuck no, no fucking way do I fucking swear too fucking much, ya stupid fucking twat.

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WelshWolf93@reddit

Fuck aye

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Gornal-Annie6133@reddit

Shit me, no fucking way!

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patch_e_behr@reddit

Fuck up

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LRKnox_@reddit

No but that's because my ex took all the fun out of it; when it becomes a constant part of their dialogue, EVERY single sentence, it feels less cathartic and more annoying so it's become something I'm aware I'm doing and try not to do excessively.

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ACatGod@reddit

The fucking fucker's fucking fucked, so of course fucking not.

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ManInTheDarkSuit@reddit

Top tier swearing there.

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NoAnybody6170@reddit

This cunt gets it 👌

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Dazz316@reddit

The cunts cunting cunted if he thinks we do

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MCL-Jonathan@reddit

I think I’ve been influenced

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Grosumballs@reddit

Fuck no I don’t /j

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TillHour5703@reddit

Fuck yes

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Fantastic-Emergency5@reddit

Yes and then I went to Australia......

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OsotoViking@reddit

I never swear.

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woollover@reddit

Same

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dylbbbbb@reddit

Definitely. I’ve worked a job now for the past year where I can swear comfortably in front of everyone including customers. & now I’ve changed to a more formal job I’ve noticed I’m saying fucking every other word & I’ve even been told by my new boss to cut the swearing down😅

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The-Mandolinist@reddit

Do I bollocks? I am able to stop swearing when I need to be professional- I work in a school (unlike my brother who works for himself as a painter and decorator and always swears). A good swear can be therapeutic.

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Weak_Yam_6579@reddit

do I fuck you sausage

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Necessary_Act1626@reddit

Absofuckinglutely

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Conscious_Macaron_20@reddit

Oh yeah all the fucking time

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Local_Beautiful3303@reddit

Swearing isn't automatically offensive in the UK UK The context, situation and inflection will determine whether its offensive/insulting

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Left_Mushroom7592@reddit

No kurva

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Left_Mushroom7592@reddit

Heaven forbid!

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Beach_Perv@reddit

I do use the word Cunt a lot, so much that it comes up in predicted text. Maybe it's just the fuckwit people I know

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AdAsleep8158@reddit

Too fuckin right Hurdurhurdur Yeah, probably in all fairness...

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ema_l_b@reddit

It's punctuation, ffs, of course I fucking do

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Solilaqui78@reddit

Nope. Not nearly enough!

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Scarygirlieuk1@reddit

Fuck off do I.

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insertrudename@reddit

Depends on what you deem to be too often

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KrungThepMahaNK@reddit

Too fucking much

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marcpearson101@reddit

No i fucking dont

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Internal_Cow427@reddit

Fuck no, not fucking enough

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DecentAssistant3926@reddit

As someone who grew up in a home where people almost never swear, I think you absolutely swear far too much.

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georgepcanning@reddit

Hell No - there’s always gonna be cyclists riding two abreast down country lanes that need to have C**ts yelled at them🙂‍↕️

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Consistent_Ad4473@reddit

I used to wonder if it did, but we recently had a South African lady join our workplace and it made me reevaluate what i think of as "too often"

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MentalActuator5545@reddit

I hardly ever uses the c word until I met my Glasweigan wife. She taught me it can mean good, or bad.

Profantities are so flexible ☺️

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justameercat@reddit

Fuck yeah

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Eliza10-2020@reddit

Far, far, far too fucking much.

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nicotineapache@reddit

I try to maintain a clean vocabulary so that when I do swear it has some actual impact and isn't an impediment on my ability to express my thoughts, fuckface.

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Jumpy_Avocado_6249@reddit

Probably but its part of being british

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SwiftJedi77@reddit

Yeah, I never used to when I was younger but now in my 40's I am sweating constantly and use the C word on a daily basis.

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thricedice88@reddit

I think I could swear more, I need to up my cunt game.

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ukstonerguy@reddit

I fucking don't, no.

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lackadaisical_pro@reddit

The only thing OP is doing is depriving a village somewhere of a twat!

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sampossible91@reddit

Some times but I used to get in trouble as a kid so I have work arounds such as bollocks - bananas, shit - sugar lumps and fuck - fudge.. I do get funny looks but it help when I have a kid now not to pick up my bad habits lol

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peachie_bongo@reddit

I don't like when people fit an F-bomb into every sentence. Same with Australians and that C-bomb. It just loses its meaning fast and goes from funny to meaningless and old, quick.

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daisiemaetulip@reddit

No because when I’m with people who don’t swear I rein it in, but most days contain at least one fucksake and a couple cunts

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Onlyfangz@reddit

Absolutely fucking not

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TheDarkestStjarna@reddit

I swear, but I don't think I swear too often, no.

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Old_Hamster1264@reddit

Yes and I dont notice myself doing it sometimes

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Low-Tangerine4492@reddit

Probably 🤣

I spent some time working in USA & my US colleagues commented that I swore a lot...

I explained that "fuck" is like punctuation for the British....

At the French site they also swore a lot, which was pretty hilarious and I'm grateful to my French colleagues that I can now swear bilingually 🤣🤷

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Red_Rhombus2791@reddit

No, I think every other cunt needs to up their game.

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Sparkz1873@reddit

Went out with a girl about 15 year ago.

She was a paranoid wreck.Apparently I went a couple of hours without swearing and she assumed a was cheating on her because I was watching what a said.

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Arthurs-grumpa@reddit

Yes, but not inappropriately

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innewynn@reddit

I just don't swear because I was told not to when growing up so it's not in my natural vocab. Unless we get into semantics

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narnababy@reddit

Yeah I fucking do whoops

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NorvernMankey@reddit

No, in the same way a cod doesn’t think the sea tastes salty, how would it know, what’s it ever had to compare it to?

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PM_ME_U_SMILING@reddit

I think just very marginally.

I swear a lot, I can also flip it off quite easily but it is so habitual that there is just a tiny doubt in my mind after I've seen particularly younger family but sometimes like a work setting where I worry I've sworn out of habit at some point.

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UselessMongo@reddit

Absofuckinglutely.

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Salt-Trade-5210@reddit

Me in my classroom: "children, swearing is not big or clever. People will judge you harshly if you swear too much".

Me in the staffroom: "If that little arsehole Barry talks back to me one more fucking time I swear I will TWAT the little fucker!"

Other than at work, no.

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Silly_Hurry_2795@reddit

No, no I fucking donf. Ye daft cunt

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P33ph0le@reddit

Fuck yeah!

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tasteMyRottenHoop@reddit

Fuck off /glaswegian

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Embarrassed_Put_7892@reddit

I think I swear just the right amount.

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Either_Reality3687@reddit

When I was pregnant I relised I was swearing almost ever other word. I decided to stop so my baby didn't pick it up.

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Hairy-Maintenance-25@reddit

Nowadays i don’t swear very often.

At boarding school (11-18) I learnt to use swear words like punctuation. I was slightly more careful at home. I never said "fuck" in front of my parents until I was 19. I have only done it once of twice since. I'm over 50 now.

I really stopped swearing so much the moment I left school. Even when meeting old school friends,we don’t swear so much, we've all grown up.

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buzzfrightyears@reddit

Not fucking enough bollocks

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Bearded_Viking_Lord@reddit

Fuck no

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me_thisfuckingcunt@reddit

No fucking way, cuntybollocks

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Guilty_Public5356@reddit

Nope, I hardly ever swear, just wasn't brought up in a sweary family.

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Lion_tattoo_1973@reddit

Abso-fucking-lutely!

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durontochele@reddit

Not enough tbh

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Sudden_Resident_9999@reddit

No I b****y don't!!

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Skruffbagg@reddit

Fuck yes

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Proud_Pound5825@reddit

I do, I use the f word quite a bit and I say oh for fucks sake a lot while I'm doing things because I'm clumsy and now my 3 year old says it🤦‍♀️ luckily she doesn't say it outside of the house!

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LolaDeWinter@reddit

It's not so much swearing as punctuation!!!!

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lewlewlaser03@reddit

U fooking what m8?

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-mister_oddball-@reddit

No I fucking don't.

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Mikeytee1000@reddit

Fuck yes

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-southwestsugar@reddit

Yes🤣I recently started a blog and every non-Brit reading it has commented how frequently the profanities are….

Fuck, my bad😅

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Ok-Direction-8257@reddit

It was fucking obvious that that cunt was gonnae fuck some cunt.

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Electronic-Stop-1261@reddit

Youse bin watching Trainspotting? Ah'd better skedaddle before ah get fuckin' chibbed by that radge can't, Begbie!!

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Ok-Direction-8257@reddit

He really is a cunt ay the first order. Nae doubt about that. The big problem is, he’s a mate n aw. Whit kin ye dae?

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Electronic-Stop-1261@reddit

Fir fuck's sake, we cannae dae nowt. Or he'll fuckin" dae the lot of us!!

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Badger-of-Briarwood@reddit

I never fuppin swear and any fupper who says I do is talking out of their grasshole.

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TicksAndBricks@reddit

Do I? No.

Do others?

F*ck yeah!! 😂 😂 😂

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Ornery-Aspect-6140@reddit

all the fucking time

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christianjwaite@reddit

What the fuck is this? Tinker, tailor, soldier, cunt?

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BabyClyde@reddit

Fuck No.

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ApplicationNeither@reddit

Fuck...maybe.

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Single-Position-4194@reddit

Yes, definitely although my next door neighbour (whom I can hear through the wall) is even worse.

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frankensteinsmaster@reddit

Fuck off!

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Back_Axel@reddit

I don’t swear as much as I used to

But “Smeg” has become a staple of my vocabulary

And I can’t tell if that’s better or worse

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StuntNun@reddit

Definitely.

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fuhbags@reddit

Do I fuck

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ServiceComplete7262@reddit

Yes, yes I do.

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FarmSuch3739@reddit

Absofuckinglutely not!😤

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ukteaboyuk@reddit

Fucking bastards. Beat me fucking to the fucker.

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JohnnyKenKo1313@reddit

Most definitely

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Evening-Cold-4547@reddit

I don't think so. I'm not averse to rough language bu

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Dear_Tangerine444@reddit

Fuck no! [waves around vaguely at everything ‎] If anything I don’t swear nearly enough.

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Rude_Trouble_4075@reddit

Fuckin hell, not enough

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Lozzybops@reddit

Yes when I’m with certain families or older people I will feel much more self conscious of it than when just with friends

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KonkeyDongPrime@reddit

Fuck yes

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Mr-Tourette@reddit

No..its other people that think I do

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HighPriestess29@reddit

Jesus, fuck yes. I've fallen into a recent habit of putting 'Bitch please" in front of everything.

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Aromatic_Tourist4676@reddit

Yes way too much and now that I work from home I’ve got a potty mouth

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kimwhite6yy@reddit

BuggeringBastard! Beat me to it!

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Responsible_Bird3384@reddit

Yes 🤣🤣🤣

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Jonny_rhodes@reddit

Fuck no

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mosho84@reddit

For some reason I read this as do you think you shower to often? 😅

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indydthom@reddit

Have you met an Australian?

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Bluntbutnotonpurpose@reddit

Fucking how does that fucking make a fucking difference...mate?

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Junior_Syrup_1036@reddit

Funny how cunt is pretty much a day to day word to call anyone down under but call someone a dog and it gets wild !

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Cakeo@reddit

Cunt is pretty normal in Glasgow at least, feel the need to check my self when I go elsewhere. Saying that most people don't understand what I'm saying anyway. When we go on holiday my wife translates for me and we lived a street away from each other 😂

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MasticatedBrain@reddit

I use it a lot and I'm a Yorkshireman, lot of my favourite comedians have been Scots and Australian over the years so it's hardened into my vocabulary as both a term of endearment and offence.

Have to be careful though, mostly around much older folk.

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Admirable-Mall-9601@reddit

Or a bogan 😆

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ResearcherTop1541@reddit

Not a fucking chance boyo

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Ok-Consideration1181@reddit

Wtaf ? Who’s fu…g swearing ?

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Alicam123@reddit

F#ck no, 🤣 jk

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Left-Fisherman-1263@reddit

I was not disappointed

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Shred_Addict@reddit

Fuck yeah!

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Objective_Ticket@reddit

Fuck off. I’d say that I’m fucking spot on.

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shebasmum49@reddit

Define too often

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Purple-Hamster499@reddit

Fuck no, I only swear when some cunt pisses me off.

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Ancient-Awareness115@reddit

I didn't swear much at all for about 20 years, didn't want to swear much around the kids, they are older now so I swear more

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No_Effective_4481@reddit

yeah I swear too much, no I dont really regret it.

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the_speeding_train@reddit

Fuck no

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spicyzsurviving@reddit

I’ve just started working with young kids… yes. I need constant vigilance over my own mouth now

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Soggy-Mistake8910@reddit

Oos fooking askin?

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Clear-Security-Risk@reddit

Fuck no, you absolute pill

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Regular-Whereas-8053@reddit

I’ve just finished cooking supper and thinking to myself that i say “fuck sake” that often they’re probably going to put it on my gravestone

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spittingparasite@reddit

No. I could easily fit more swearing into my day.

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Sorry_Welder9636@reddit

I've only ever regretted when there's been a young kid and I didn't notice them. I swear quite often tho, to answer the first but of your question

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Knightoftherealm23@reddit

I swear but correctly from a grammar perspective and to add flourish to my language.

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Tonybeetswannabe@reddit

That’s impossible surely

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GrapefruitDry2519@reddit

100% absolutely fucking twat wanking YES!!!

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becca413g@reddit

Often. I forget myself in professional settings sometimes. Socially, I don’t really care unless I’m around kids.

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dreadtreacle@reddit

Yes ... im terrible tbh .

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djeifv@reddit

Shit I mean, sometimes?

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Electronic-Fennel828@reddit

I swear a lot. I get told off for it at work sometimes, but never by my boss because he is perhaps the only person in the office worse than me for it.

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Speedyb79@reddit

Bastard beat me to the fuck no...

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NemesisThen86@reddit

Abso-fucking-lutely and no I’m not going to fucking stop

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Fit-Fault338@reddit

No.but I swear too much.If I meet people for the first time or who dont swear then I dont.Its not a conscious thing.Weird.

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No-Connection-4681@reddit

Fuck me, no!

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Do_You_Like_Owls@reddit

Sometimes, yes. It's quite a strong class indicator. I've been across the class spectrum and although middle-class swear they'll be very careful and seem guilty/uncomfortable doing it.

Working class will swear very easily and be very comfortable doing it.

Generally.

I show my roots if I get too comfortable and start dropping swearing into my speech cos it comes very naturally.

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IamPezza@reddit

Fuck yes

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scarletOwilde@reddit

No I fucking bloody well don’t, you git!

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twoddalmighty@reddit

Fuck no!

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FunnyVehicle7664@reddit

This question makes no fucking sense

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HirsuteHacker@reddit

My now wife told me off for swearing in front of her parents when they had me round for tea once 😅 it's been 7 years and I've still not heard them swear even once

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UsedExamination4149@reddit

I swear often. But never too often.

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Mikon_Youji@reddit

No. Why would I regret something like that?

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Stevebwrw@reddit

Yes, I think so. I have been trying to stop myself for fu*kin' years!

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Kind-Elder1938@reddit

as I was growing up my mother taught me that those who feel the need to swear are just showing their lack of vocabulary. So I grew up not swearing. Occasionally when something bad happens I have been known to say " Oh Sugar"

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MidasToad@reddit

No. I don't swear, unless I am quoting something. There are plenty Brits who, like me, don't swear.

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secnarF58@reddit

What a load of bollocks!! 😜

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reverendhunter@reddit

Its only some fucking words cunt.

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ChoiceFee3441@reddit

My favourite word is cunt.

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SuccessSharp3096@reddit

Too fucking right I do!

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Error606707@reddit

As someone who works in a really busy café, I don't think I swear often enough.

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fnaaaaar@reddit

Absofuckinglutely not, I fucking swear exactly the right cunting amount

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HRHKarlFranz@reddit

Yes. All day every day. I find it almost impossible to stop. Unfortunately even in front of my kids.

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twogunsalute@reddit

Yes. Sometimes I'll find it hard to articulate myself without swearing so I slip up when I shouldn't e.g. at work

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CBeeft@reddit

Don't think I swear enough . . . Knobhead 😂

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TwpMun@reddit

Swearing is amazing for emphasis and humour when used right. I've always had an automatic switch in my head that stops me using profanity in front of parents, elders, or at work.

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HughWattmate9001@reddit

Whats swearing ;). It's part of every day talk here for me. I would actually find conversation odd IRL with friends without it.

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SatiricalScrotum@reddit

Quite the opposite. I don’t swear nearly enough. I mean have you seen the absolute state of things?

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BumblebeeNo6356@reddit

I don’t actually swear in anger, using when have a laugh.

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DaddysFriend@reddit

Yes but I can turn it off. I used to work with kids so if I need to I can just not

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Positive-Radio-1078@reddit

Why the fuck would I think that?

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Section_Mav@reddit

Fuck off, no such thing.

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StreamLikeDrug@reddit

Yes, I fuckin do. Got into trouble for it at work once, the cunts.

Nah but fr tho, I am trying to cut down on it

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elaine4queen@reddit

Sometimes I think oh fuck, I’m swearing a lot.

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mysterioustimesmag@reddit

Nope!

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Jojo6167@reddit

Im a cockney, it's our second language 🤣

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LJGunn90@reddit

All the fucking time!

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Careful-Coffee280@reddit

This whole comment section made me laugh!

But as a serious answer to your question, I think people swear way too much here. It's so prevalent and some people's vocabulary really suffers because of it, it's easier to say Fuck for everything than to think of a word. It's a great word in that you can use it for almost every component of a sentence. And it's funny and descriptive when used judiciously, but I think it's used way too much by many people.

I also swore too much, but never at work, I worked in hospitals and that saved me from it being too habitual. But I swore a lot at uni and when off work. Then I had my baby, and we both stopped swearing. Now 16 years on I do occasionally, and it always gets a big laugh from people including from my teen because it's so rare for me, or really emphasises how annoyed I am. I'm happier with that. It's a useful tool but way overused.

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Cakeo@reddit

I don't think swearing is the issue, it's just a lot of people don't read anything.

A lot of this comes across as a bit of classism though.

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Careful-Coffee280@reddit

It doesn't matter which class uses it, it's about how much it's used which I get tired of. I think I swore too much at uni too, I wouldn't say I changed social classes, I just had to swear less, and in the end that was better imo. I just prefer less swearing from everyone (but not no swearing), they asked for our opinion after all!

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

No I fuckin don’t, I swear a normal fucking amount

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vagabond_sue1960@reddit

The Brits don't hold a candle to the feckin' Irish when it comes to swearing.

Susan (Irish)

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Aivellac@reddit

No, what's the problem with swearing?

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UK_shooter@reddit

As a Brit, no. Any other culture would disagree.

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Hairy-Blood2112@reddit

Too fuckin right I do.

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Witty_Ad_2098@reddit

Who defines too often? I don't agree with aggressive or abusive swearing but apart from that it's a matter of free speech. It's cultural for a lot of Brits.

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Serious-Junket4536@reddit

Fuck no. I don’t swear enough 🤣

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rabidrob42@reddit

"Too many fucks?"

"Kinda like nipples in that movie, showgirls, after a while you just don't notice them."

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annonymousgorl@reddit

every fucking sentence

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Prudent_Mood5260@reddit

I never swear

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Green-Dragon-14@reddit

My second language is profanity

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saxbophone@reddit

No, I think people offended by swearing that isn't loud or abusive are too highly strung and I actually find their pretenses rude!

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not1or2@reddit

Fuck no!

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WestLondonWoman73@reddit

Fuck yes

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LeftHandedGuitarist@reddit

I swear very little. I was raised not to, there is zero swearing in our family. I can turn it off around them, but I do think it has its benefits and use it around friends.

I think swearing is most effective when used sparingly. Use one for maximum impact instead of diluting all sentences with them.

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Objective_Load_4537@reddit

Absofucinlutley not

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sneddsdead@reddit

Fucking right I do

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DivePotato@reddit

Join the fuck in or fuck the fuck off.

Paraphrasing Malcom Tucker

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Apprehensive-List794@reddit

Absofuckingloutely

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Thebewildered_1@reddit

Absofuckinlutely

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Grouchy-Reflection97@reddit

'SHIT ON IT!!' isn't profanity.

It's as involuntary as a sneeze, at least in my house.

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PretzelMeepus@reddit

Why the fuck would I?

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Sparki77@reddit

Sadly yes, but I try to curb it.

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herefromthere@reddit

I'm an adult fully capable of assessing the situation and using appropriate language.

Which is a lot of words to say I fucking love swearing.

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UntappdBeer@reddit

Fuck no, it's part of our fucking culture putting the word fuck in a fucking sentence.

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Tall_Stick5608@reddit

Not at all, swearing wasn’t a thing in my household. Never heard my parents swear so never grew up swearing until this day. Also being calm is leads to a much more fulfilled life

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oldmanskank@reddit

Fuck you bloody https://youtu.be/ukznXQ3MgN0?si=WhkIbqkyY07gv2OP

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Brido-20@reddit

Given how things are going, I feel like I'm underperforming if anything.

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BurkesRoad@reddit

Swearing is just punctuation!

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SigourneyReap3r@reddit

I personally think swearing is just part of our language now, it doesn't have the same negative connotations it once did. Language evolves and adapts and acknowledging that swearing has come a long way from being used by what my grandparents would call 'down and outs' or sailors for example, and is now just expressive language has no negatives imo.

I have never regretted swearing but I have regretted my explosion of emotion through swearing in some situations and upon a moments reflection I can see my response has been inappropriate but that is not really down to the swearing.

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OnPointTip1@reddit

Even ChatGPT commented on my regular use of industrial language, earlier.

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Sapiopath@reddit

For literally all of my cultural heritages I swear way too little... Especially given the state of the UK.

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wireswires@reddit

I reckon if I thought I swore too much I would swear less

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Admirable-Mall-9601@reddit

Profanity is such an American word.

Fuck that shit.

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Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit

Same with cursing, "oh don't curse in front of me!"

Well fuck off then!

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TheeHappyDude@reddit

"I didn't realise there was a fucking queue"

Boom boom

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theouter_banks@reddit

You cunt.

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TheeHappyDude@reddit

Fuck yeah

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Outrageous_Sink3299@reddit

Just about everyone I know swears. Oh for fucks sake, Jesus fucking Christ, are you /they fucking stupid? You can fuck right off with that shit, what a dumb cunt, stupid cunt, daft cunt, sound cunt ( that means they're a good person) what the absolute fuck? Shut the fuck up you daft cunt.

All of this is used at some point between my family and friends. I'm Scottish but have lived in England most of my life. Hence the use of sound cunt, daft cunt ect....

Mu children don't really swear. They are grown up now mostly (17,20,and 26 respectively) but I hear for fuck sake and stuff similar to that. They don't say cunt unless they are raging about something or someone.

You should hear the way the Scottish use the word cunt. You just put an adjective before it. Bad cunt, good cunt, daft cunt,sound cunt etc...its an amazing use of lexicon. Not unsimilar to the Australian use of the world. Although calling a Scottish person a fucking dog wouldn't get the same reaction as it would if you said it to an Australian.

The British and all of the people who are descended from them tend to swear. We literally use the word fuck before we apply the adjective, its a fucking noun here.

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Any_Weird_8686@reddit

I think teenagers on public transport swear too often. They fucking seem to make every other fucking word be a swear for fuck's sake. And they aren't fucking varied about it either.

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tishkat@reddit

Absofuckinlutely

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andrew_197@reddit

Possibly my favourite ever word 😍

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andrew_197@reddit

Do I fucking bollocks you pissing wanking piece of fucking shit.

But seriously, I do swear an awful lot. Too much tbh, although pretty much everyone around me does too so it’s all good.

Expect my in-laws, I have to watch my vile mouth when they are around and it’s exhausting. The mother fuckers

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BocaSeniorsWsM@reddit

I swear a ridiculous amount and can't stop.

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Ok-Goat-3589@reddit

Do I fucking bollocks. What a stupid cunting question.

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k_shields1@reddit

I thought "fuck no" then saw the top comment saying exactly that, and burst out laughing 🤣🤣

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Plannet_Depressed@reddit

Nah
Fuck that
I've got enough shit to worry about
Not including that weird ability that Reddit apparently has to tell me how much I've swarn

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Caracalla73@reddit

F*ck off no.

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Gary_Garibaldi@reddit

Do I fuck

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shadyjudgement@reddit

Fuck this shit

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HistorianLost@reddit

All the fucking time. I should get a swear jar.

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Mrcooper10@reddit

You're talking bollocks

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OriginalMiaxe@reddit

Fuck a duck, you can't swear too much, only exactly the correct amount. And it's almost always because someone else is being a shitbucket.

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QuirkyWolfie@reddit

Do I swear a lot? Yes. Do I think I swear too much? No

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Manbry@reddit

How often is too often? They're just words. Tbh I think 'Trump' is the more offensive of all the swear words x

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Known_Practice_4393@reddit

You realise you swear too often when your kids start picking it up and teaching their mates. That i kinda of regret but they think i'm cool...

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exit_to_the_left@reddit

Fuck no. Would swear more if work weren't such fucking twats about it. I mean, I'm head of accounts, you'd think I'd get some cunting leeway.

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EasyPriority8724@reddit

Am fuckin Scottish, fuck no!

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Cakeo@reddit

Tbh I'll downvoted you for an edit and for not typing properly. Fighting autocorrect is just daft.

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CrustyHumdinger@reddit

Bollocks

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CocoTyg@reddit

Putains de merde, non les anglais vous pouvez pas dire ça car moi je vous vois comme des gens chiques. Il faut laissez les jurons au français, fait chier 😅

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Dangerous_Hippo_6902@reddit

I don’t fucking swear enough

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Which-Host-9073@reddit

Fuck no.

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Aggravating-Day-2864@reddit

Only when I was at work managing staff....hardly swear now...retired 👌

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NLFG@reddit

The fuck are you talking about?

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spidertattootim@reddit

I've started letting the odd 'WTF' and 'arse' slip into formal conversations at work, I'm getting too old and tired to express myself efficiently without using mild swears.

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Potential-Bird-5826@reddit

My view is that profanity is for situations, not people. So no, I don't think I swear to often, but I do wish life could calm the fuck down for a bit

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sully-_-420@reddit

Bit of a fucker for it ngl

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iamsolarflare71@reddit

Do I fuck swear too fucking much

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Billabong1066@reddit

Do I fuck

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AuroraDF@reddit

I'm a teacher. I swear a fair bit outside of work, and sometimes in the staffroom. Obviously never in front of pupils or their parents. It's amazing how your brain can do that without even thinking. I do struggle to mind my language in front of friends' kids though. I don't know why my brain doesn't do that automatically too.

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Sxn747Strangers@reddit

Are you taking the piss sonny? 🤔

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Breakwaterbot@reddit

The only time I have ever regretted swearing was when I told my mum to fuck off when I was about 12.

I learned very fast that day that there is a time and place for swearing and directing that towards your own mother in the middle of a family holiday was very much not the time to do it.

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Sharp_Yard9850@reddit

Fuck off

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Slight_Jello1012@reddit

Ffs fuck no are you shittng me?

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So_Gawjus@reddit

Absofuckingloutlely I do.

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IguanaDog@reddit

Nope. Not one fucking moment!

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Wasps_are_bastards@reddit

As a Brit, I swear, but I don’t fucking care!

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JCDU@reddit

Do I bollocks.

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TooNeuroToBeABot@reddit

Fuck me what a shit bag of question, absolute load of bollocks, I feel like a twat just for answering. Absolute wanker

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WinkyNurdo@reddit

Fuck no

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MickyG1982@reddit

Do I fuck swear too fucking often, thats a fucking fuck of a shitty lie...

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dial424689@reddit

No, I don’t.

However, when I got my first book back from a lovely copyeditor named Hugo, he suggested that “although cursing is acceptable in YA novels, perhaps 56 instances of the word ‘shit’ is too many” and Hugo may have had a point.

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MickyG1982@reddit

Do I fuck swear to fucking often, thats a fucking fuck of a shitty lie...

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SnooDonuts6494@reddit

Weird question.

If I thought I swore too much, I'd swear less...

"regretted" - only when I briefly forgot where I was, so it wasn't appropriate. Like, if a kid was close by.

https://youtu.be/s_osQvkeNRM

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Geezer-McGeezer@reddit

Absolutely fucking not

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mister_barfly75@reddit

No, I fucking don't.

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Fantastic-Speech-438@reddit

Yes, abso-fucking-lutely! But having moved to Spain recently, the Spanish swear much more often. “Coño” (c*nt) is used by grannies like punctuation, a bit like someone more lower class in the UK constantly peppers sentences with “fuck” and “fucking” – “I fucking went down the fucking shops today and saw that fucker Tony buying a fucking pack of fucking tabs."

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Big-Bottle8468@reddit

sometimes but then I think fuck it.

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Pretend_Limit6276@reddit

Fucking mental if you think this cunt regrets saying shit, I barely swear anymore anyways

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SmashedWorm64@reddit

I always say different people can get away with different levels of swearing.

I never feel like I force out a swear, it just rolls off the tongue. I’m conscious of how much I have sworn but when asked people don’t even realise. I considered myself a trooper but when asked most my colleagues didn’t even clock it.

Other people sound like they are forcing it and it just sounds so silly.

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Evolutionary_u-turn@reddit

Only ever regretted not using it, because fuck some people.

In a work environment when communicating with customers, I try not to 1) communicate with customers 2) swear

I left some spicy language in a few common a draft document that my boss saw, but agreed with and we took them down before the fucking idiot customer saw the report anyway, so thank fuck for that.

Otherwise, swearing is 1) good 2) still cool, after all these years 3) fucking fun

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Kent_Tog@reddit

Bollocks

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Kent_Tog@reddit

Bollocks

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Scottie99@reddit

Rarely

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BowiesFixedPupil@reddit

I'd have always said No, but with a 2 year old in tow I definitely swear too much now.

I am just about there in places filled with other children but my daughter will unfortunately likely be swearing like a sailor by the time she starts school 😭

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Superb-Ad-8823@reddit

Eh no!

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bumblestum1960@reddit

Absofuckinglutely.

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BigBlueMountainStar@reddit

A friend of mine told me a story about her first year at uni. She said that before then she hardly ever swore, but all her housemates and friends were at it so it become part of her language. When she went home for Christmas her gran cooked Christmas dinner, and after asked if she enjoyed it and she said without thinking “yes it was fucking great”, met with deathstares from the rest of the family. 😂

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