As a Brit, do you think you swear too often?
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Has there ever been a moment that you regretted using profanity?
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Has there ever been a moment that you regretted using profanity?
blackbeltgf@reddit
I try not to at all since I became a parent. I don't want to set a bad example.
Correct_Emergency284@reddit
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
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.
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.
Current-Occasion-380@reddit
Did she use it right tho? Was Nora being annoying? 😆
Hello-Potion-Seller@reddit
She was tbh, and bloody nora is just a variant of bloody hell here!
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 😆😆
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 😁
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.
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
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.
Jacktheforkie@reddit
I got a Wisconsinite swearing in British English
FeistyTradition5714@reddit
What other sort of fucking English is there? Forfucksake!
Jacktheforkie@reddit
He was mainly using the tame American cuss words, I also managed to teach him a couple Finnish swear words too
Tracie10000@reddit
Teach us some Finnish swear words please.
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
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
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!"
feralhog3050@reddit
I thought i was being clever around my kids until I heard my 4 year old say "OH FOR SAKE" 😂
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 😁
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
VegetableWeekend6886@reddit
I say 'Gosh!' to my christian friend, I'm actually quite impressed by how well I manage it
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
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.
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.
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.
coelakanth@reddit
Heavens to Betsy
asj1981@reddit
I'm picturing Homer building a dog house. "Oh fiddlesticks, that will require a tetanus shot" 🤣
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.
Outrageous_Sink3299@reddit
😂😂😂😂 brilliant. Just brilliant.
brainletmesleep@reddit
Fuck no
Hafnic@reddit
Fuck no
Agathabites@reddit
You fucking stole my fucking idea!
Ok_Chipmunk_7066@reddit
Came here to say the same fucking thing.
Shot-Disk5958@reddit
Hell fucking no
deHaga@reddit
Fucking beat me to it
asymmetricears@reddit
Fucks sake, early fucking bird and all that
RFRMT@reddit
Took the works right out of my fucking mouth.
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.
Serious_Cat6680@reddit
Jesus fucking Christ, I’m always late to the shitting party!!!
sprainedmind@reddit
I would have been fucking furious if this hadn't been the top fucking response.
Anxious-Ad700@reddit
For fucks sake, I’m just so fucking pissed off, that I was fucking beat to it.
andypanty69@reddit
Fuck me. That was quick.
Aware_Ad_431@reddit
For fuck’s sake..
Bowman_1972@reddit
Fuck! Fucking fuckers fucking fucked.
BigBunneh@reddit
Wanker! Oh sorry, wrong thread.
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.
RaveyDave666@reddit
Stole all our thunder, motherfucker 😠
Revolutionary-Key650@reddit
No I fucking did not!
Adorable_Past9114@reddit
Oh for fucks sake, you fuckers are to quick
House_Of_Thoth@reddit
Oi you bunch of cunts, there's kids round 'ere so keep that crap off this bleedin' app
Unhappy_Clue701@reddit
Fucking early bird gets the fucking worm, but it’s the second fucking mouse that gets the fucking cheese.
zappamorey@reddit
😂😂😂😂😭😭
open-perception4@reddit
Why do I fucking bother? 🤷 All you cunts beat me to it. 🤬
kendoddsdadsdeaddog@reddit
Wankers!
JustinSanders95@reddit
Quite literally said to myself ‘the top comment better be ‘fuck no’. Not disappointed
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
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).
HopeTerminator@reddit
My fucking answer too.
Jumpy_Avocado_6249@reddit
Hey fuck you for swearing on here 🤣
Exact-Character313@reddit
Dagnamit. I wanted to say that
Mouffcat@reddit
Dagnaabit.
Old-Lion-4189@reddit
Come on
Repligator5ith@reddit
Fuck me for fucks sake - this exact-a-fucking-lutely what I was gonna fuckin' say!
LowAioli3870@reddit
Ah fuck, you fucking beat me to it.
WelshFiremanSam@reddit
I knew this was going go be the first comment, I said it in my head and saw this lol
Greedy-Ad-3779@reddit
Is the right fucking answer.
GiovanniVanBroekhoes@reddit
Check out this dickhesd thinking he speaks for us all. Fuck no.
Sorry.
Hafnic@reddit
I'm a fucking Lady
GiovanniVanBroekhoes@reddit
And that stops you being a dickhesd how????
Double Sorry.
Serious_Cat6680@reddit
The apology at the end sent me 😂😂😂😂
Astr0Scot@reddit
-Malcolm Tucker
UntappdBeer@reddit
Up voted for quoting Tucker.
Livewire____@reddit
You fucking hit the tt right on the clt there, you cnting bastard.
SituationMundane5452@reddit
You fucking what?
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
ExitNo48@reddit
No fucking way
Joyride4Life@reddit
You can call me a cunt , but I think fuck no, I don’t swear enough anymore.
ImpossibleHouse6765@reddit
NO
ZombieGash@reddit
Yes and I fuckin love it, you cunt.
Sorry
Spudsmad@reddit
We use a multi purpose word ie fuck. Eg fuck you. You are a fuck. Cannot be fucked to do something.
Particular-Pace-2990@reddit
Fucking right I'm a cunt for it
JosKarith@reddit
Fuck off.
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
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
Stunning_Baldrick@reddit
Fuck yeah
paranoid_adamdroid@reddit
I don't fucking swear enough.
Ineeda_lie_in@reddit
Abso-fucking-lutely
Disastrous_Fill_5566@reddit
Fuck no, not nearly shitting well often enough.
Kitchen_Moose717@reddit
Oh for fuck’s sake!
BigManLikeBarey@reddit
No I fucking don’t
Critical-Egg-5433@reddit
I don't fucking swear enough
geth1962@reddit
Yes. Fuck is used like a comma. I do try not to
YorkshireMary@reddit
Yes, but don't care alot
Metalmilitia22@reddit
What the fuck dude no
AllMuckandMuscle@reddit
I swear way too much
Shtiffy01@reddit
F#ck no !
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!
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.
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.
soopertyke@reddit
Abso-fucking-lutely
Expensive-Draw-6897@reddit
Fuck yeah, I'm Scottish, swearing is part of my national identity and culture.
p1p68@reddit
Cunt, why are you asking that?
dbe14@reddit
Fuck no, no fucking way do I fucking swear too fucking much, ya stupid fucking twat.
WelshWolf93@reddit
Fuck aye
Gornal-Annie6133@reddit
Shit me, no fucking way!
patch_e_behr@reddit
Fuck up
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.
ACatGod@reddit
The fucking fucker's fucking fucked, so of course fucking not.
ManInTheDarkSuit@reddit
Top tier swearing there.
NoAnybody6170@reddit
This cunt gets it 👌
Dazz316@reddit
The cunts cunting cunted if he thinks we do
MCL-Jonathan@reddit
I think I’ve been influenced
Grosumballs@reddit
Fuck no I don’t /j
TillHour5703@reddit
Fuck yes
Fantastic-Emergency5@reddit
Yes and then I went to Australia......
OsotoViking@reddit
I never swear.
woollover@reddit
Same
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😅
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.
Weak_Yam_6579@reddit
do I fuck you sausage
Necessary_Act1626@reddit
Absofuckinglutely
Conscious_Macaron_20@reddit
Oh yeah all the fucking time
Local_Beautiful3303@reddit
Swearing isn't automatically offensive in the UK UK The context, situation and inflection will determine whether its offensive/insulting
Left_Mushroom7592@reddit
No kurva
Left_Mushroom7592@reddit
Heaven forbid!
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
AdAsleep8158@reddit
Too fuckin right Hurdurhurdur Yeah, probably in all fairness...
ema_l_b@reddit
It's punctuation, ffs, of course I fucking do
Solilaqui78@reddit
Nope. Not nearly enough!
Scarygirlieuk1@reddit
Fuck off do I.
insertrudename@reddit
Depends on what you deem to be too often
KrungThepMahaNK@reddit
Too fucking much
marcpearson101@reddit
No i fucking dont
Internal_Cow427@reddit
Fuck no, not fucking enough
DecentAssistant3926@reddit
As someone who grew up in a home where people almost never swear, I think you absolutely swear far too much.
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🙂↕️
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"
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 ☺️
justameercat@reddit
Fuck yeah
Eliza10-2020@reddit
Far, far, far too fucking much.
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.
Jumpy_Avocado_6249@reddit
Probably but its part of being british
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.
thricedice88@reddit
I think I could swear more, I need to up my cunt game.
ukstonerguy@reddit
I fucking don't, no.
lackadaisical_pro@reddit
The only thing OP is doing is depriving a village somewhere of a twat!
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
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.
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
Onlyfangz@reddit
Absolutely fucking not
TheDarkestStjarna@reddit
I swear, but I don't think I swear too often, no.
Old_Hamster1264@reddit
Yes and I dont notice myself doing it sometimes
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 🤣🤷
Red_Rhombus2791@reddit
No, I think every other cunt needs to up their game.
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.
Arthurs-grumpa@reddit
Yes, but not inappropriately
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
narnababy@reddit
Yeah I fucking do whoops
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?
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.
UselessMongo@reddit
Absofuckinglutely.
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.
Silly_Hurry_2795@reddit
No, no I fucking donf. Ye daft cunt
P33ph0le@reddit
Fuck yeah!
tasteMyRottenHoop@reddit
Fuck off /glaswegian
Embarrassed_Put_7892@reddit
I think I swear just the right amount.
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.
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.
buzzfrightyears@reddit
Not fucking enough bollocks
Bearded_Viking_Lord@reddit
Fuck no
me_thisfuckingcunt@reddit
No fucking way, cuntybollocks
Guilty_Public5356@reddit
Nope, I hardly ever swear, just wasn't brought up in a sweary family.
Lion_tattoo_1973@reddit
Abso-fucking-lutely!
durontochele@reddit
Not enough tbh
Sudden_Resident_9999@reddit
No I b****y don't!!
Skruffbagg@reddit
Fuck yes
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!
LolaDeWinter@reddit
It's not so much swearing as punctuation!!!!
lewlewlaser03@reddit
U fooking what m8?
-mister_oddball-@reddit
No I fucking don't.
Mikeytee1000@reddit
Fuck yes
-southwestsugar@reddit
Yes🤣I recently started a blog and every non-Brit reading it has commented how frequently the profanities are….
Fuck, my bad😅
Ok-Direction-8257@reddit
It was fucking obvious that that cunt was gonnae fuck some cunt.
Electronic-Stop-1261@reddit
Youse bin watching Trainspotting? Ah'd better skedaddle before ah get fuckin' chibbed by that radge can't, Begbie!!
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?
Electronic-Stop-1261@reddit
Fir fuck's sake, we cannae dae nowt. Or he'll fuckin" dae the lot of us!!
Badger-of-Briarwood@reddit
I never fuppin swear and any fupper who says I do is talking out of their grasshole.
TicksAndBricks@reddit
Do I? No.
Do others?
F*ck yeah!! 😂 😂 😂
Ornery-Aspect-6140@reddit
all the fucking time
christianjwaite@reddit
What the fuck is this? Tinker, tailor, soldier, cunt?
BabyClyde@reddit
Fuck No.
ApplicationNeither@reddit
Fuck...maybe.
Single-Position-4194@reddit
Yes, definitely although my next door neighbour (whom I can hear through the wall) is even worse.
frankensteinsmaster@reddit
Fuck off!
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
StuntNun@reddit
Definitely.
fuhbags@reddit
Do I fuck
ServiceComplete7262@reddit
Yes, yes I do.
FarmSuch3739@reddit
Absofuckinglutely not!😤
ukteaboyuk@reddit
Fucking bastards. Beat me fucking to the fucker.
JohnnyKenKo1313@reddit
Most definitely
Evening-Cold-4547@reddit
I don't think so. I'm not averse to rough language bu
Dear_Tangerine444@reddit
Fuck no! [waves around vaguely at everything ] If anything I don’t swear nearly enough.
Rude_Trouble_4075@reddit
Fuckin hell, not enough
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
KonkeyDongPrime@reddit
Fuck yes
Mr-Tourette@reddit
No..its other people that think I do
HighPriestess29@reddit
Jesus, fuck yes. I've fallen into a recent habit of putting 'Bitch please" in front of everything.
Aromatic_Tourist4676@reddit
Yes way too much and now that I work from home I’ve got a potty mouth
kimwhite6yy@reddit
BuggeringBastard! Beat me to it!
Responsible_Bird3384@reddit
Yes 🤣🤣🤣
Jonny_rhodes@reddit
Fuck no
mosho84@reddit
For some reason I read this as do you think you shower to often? 😅
indydthom@reddit
Have you met an Australian?
Bluntbutnotonpurpose@reddit
Fucking how does that fucking make a fucking difference...mate?
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 !
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 😂
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.
Admirable-Mall-9601@reddit
Or a bogan 😆
ResearcherTop1541@reddit
Not a fucking chance boyo
Ok-Consideration1181@reddit
Wtaf ? Who’s fu…g swearing ?
Alicam123@reddit
F#ck no, 🤣 jk
Left-Fisherman-1263@reddit
I was not disappointed
Shred_Addict@reddit
Fuck yeah!
Objective_Ticket@reddit
Fuck off. I’d say that I’m fucking spot on.
shebasmum49@reddit
Define too often
Purple-Hamster499@reddit
Fuck no, I only swear when some cunt pisses me off.
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
No_Effective_4481@reddit
yeah I swear too much, no I dont really regret it.
the_speeding_train@reddit
Fuck no
spicyzsurviving@reddit
I’ve just started working with young kids… yes. I need constant vigilance over my own mouth now
Soggy-Mistake8910@reddit
Oos fooking askin?
Clear-Security-Risk@reddit
Fuck no, you absolute pill
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
spittingparasite@reddit
No. I could easily fit more swearing into my day.
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
Knightoftherealm23@reddit
I swear but correctly from a grammar perspective and to add flourish to my language.
Tonybeetswannabe@reddit
That’s impossible surely
GrapefruitDry2519@reddit
100% absolutely fucking twat wanking YES!!!
becca413g@reddit
Often. I forget myself in professional settings sometimes. Socially, I don’t really care unless I’m around kids.
dreadtreacle@reddit
Yes ... im terrible tbh .
djeifv@reddit
Shit I mean, sometimes?
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.
Speedyb79@reddit
Bastard beat me to the fuck no...
NemesisThen86@reddit
Abso-fucking-lutely and no I’m not going to fucking stop
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.
No-Connection-4681@reddit
Fuck me, no!
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.
IamPezza@reddit
Fuck yes
scarletOwilde@reddit
No I fucking bloody well don’t, you git!
twoddalmighty@reddit
Fuck no!
FunnyVehicle7664@reddit
This question makes no fucking sense
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
UsedExamination4149@reddit
I swear often. But never too often.
Mikon_Youji@reddit
No. Why would I regret something like that?
Stevebwrw@reddit
Yes, I think so. I have been trying to stop myself for fu*kin' years!
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"
MidasToad@reddit
No. I don't swear, unless I am quoting something. There are plenty Brits who, like me, don't swear.
secnarF58@reddit
What a load of bollocks!! 😜
reverendhunter@reddit
Its only some fucking words cunt.
ChoiceFee3441@reddit
My favourite word is cunt.
SuccessSharp3096@reddit
Too fucking right I do!
Error606707@reddit
As someone who works in a really busy café, I don't think I swear often enough.
fnaaaaar@reddit
Absofuckinglutely not, I fucking swear exactly the right cunting amount
HRHKarlFranz@reddit
Yes. All day every day. I find it almost impossible to stop. Unfortunately even in front of my kids.
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
CBeeft@reddit
Don't think I swear enough . . . Knobhead 😂
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.
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.
SatiricalScrotum@reddit
Quite the opposite. I don’t swear nearly enough. I mean have you seen the absolute state of things?
BumblebeeNo6356@reddit
I don’t actually swear in anger, using when have a laugh.
DaddysFriend@reddit
Yes but I can turn it off. I used to work with kids so if I need to I can just not
Positive-Radio-1078@reddit
Why the fuck would I think that?
Section_Mav@reddit
Fuck off, no such thing.
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
elaine4queen@reddit
Sometimes I think oh fuck, I’m swearing a lot.
mysterioustimesmag@reddit
Nope!
Jojo6167@reddit
Im a cockney, it's our second language 🤣
LJGunn90@reddit
All the fucking time!
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.
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.
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!
Jacktheforkie@reddit
No I fuckin don’t, I swear a normal fucking amount
vagabond_sue1960@reddit
The Brits don't hold a candle to the feckin' Irish when it comes to swearing.
Susan (Irish)
Aivellac@reddit
No, what's the problem with swearing?
UK_shooter@reddit
As a Brit, no. Any other culture would disagree.
Hairy-Blood2112@reddit
Too fuckin right I do.
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.
Serious-Junket4536@reddit
Fuck no. I don’t swear enough 🤣
rabidrob42@reddit
"Too many fucks?"
"Kinda like nipples in that movie, showgirls, after a while you just don't notice them."
annonymousgorl@reddit
every fucking sentence
Prudent_Mood5260@reddit
I never swear
Green-Dragon-14@reddit
My second language is profanity
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!
not1or2@reddit
Fuck no!
WestLondonWoman73@reddit
Fuck yes
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.
Objective_Load_4537@reddit
Absofucinlutley not
sneddsdead@reddit
Fucking right I do
DivePotato@reddit
Join the fuck in or fuck the fuck off.
Paraphrasing Malcom Tucker
Apprehensive-List794@reddit
Absofuckingloutely
Thebewildered_1@reddit
Absofuckinlutely
Grouchy-Reflection97@reddit
'SHIT ON IT!!' isn't profanity.
It's as involuntary as a sneeze, at least in my house.
PretzelMeepus@reddit
Why the fuck would I?
Sparki77@reddit
Sadly yes, but I try to curb it.
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.
UntappdBeer@reddit
Fuck no, it's part of our fucking culture putting the word fuck in a fucking sentence.
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
oldmanskank@reddit
Fuck you bloody https://youtu.be/ukznXQ3MgN0?si=WhkIbqkyY07gv2OP
Brido-20@reddit
Given how things are going, I feel like I'm underperforming if anything.
BurkesRoad@reddit
Swearing is just punctuation!
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.
OnPointTip1@reddit
Even ChatGPT commented on my regular use of industrial language, earlier.
Sapiopath@reddit
For literally all of my cultural heritages I swear way too little... Especially given the state of the UK.
wireswires@reddit
I reckon if I thought I swore too much I would swear less
Admirable-Mall-9601@reddit
Profanity is such an American word.
Fuck that shit.
Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit
Same with cursing, "oh don't curse in front of me!"
Well fuck off then!
TheeHappyDude@reddit
"I didn't realise there was a fucking queue"
Boom boom
theouter_banks@reddit
You cunt.
TheeHappyDude@reddit
Fuck yeah
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.
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.
tishkat@reddit
Absofuckinlutely
andrew_197@reddit
Possibly my favourite ever word 😍
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
BocaSeniorsWsM@reddit
I swear a ridiculous amount and can't stop.
Ok-Goat-3589@reddit
Do I fucking bollocks. What a stupid cunting question.
k_shields1@reddit
I thought "fuck no" then saw the top comment saying exactly that, and burst out laughing 🤣🤣
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
Caracalla73@reddit
F*ck off no.
Gary_Garibaldi@reddit
Do I fuck
shadyjudgement@reddit
Fuck this shit
HistorianLost@reddit
All the fucking time. I should get a swear jar.
Mrcooper10@reddit
You're talking bollocks
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.
QuirkyWolfie@reddit
Do I swear a lot? Yes. Do I think I swear too much? No
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
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...
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.
EasyPriority8724@reddit
Am fuckin Scottish, fuck no!
Cakeo@reddit
Tbh I'll downvoted you for an edit and for not typing properly. Fighting autocorrect is just daft.
CrustyHumdinger@reddit
Bollocks
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 😅
Dangerous_Hippo_6902@reddit
I don’t fucking swear enough
Which-Host-9073@reddit
Fuck no.
Aggravating-Day-2864@reddit
Only when I was at work managing staff....hardly swear now...retired 👌
NLFG@reddit
The fuck are you talking about?
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.
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
sully-_-420@reddit
Bit of a fucker for it ngl
iamsolarflare71@reddit
Do I fuck swear too fucking much
Billabong1066@reddit
Do I fuck
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.
Sxn747Strangers@reddit
Are you taking the piss sonny? 🤔
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.
Sharp_Yard9850@reddit
Fuck off
Slight_Jello1012@reddit
Ffs fuck no are you shittng me?
So_Gawjus@reddit
Absofuckingloutlely I do.
IguanaDog@reddit
Nope. Not one fucking moment!
Wasps_are_bastards@reddit
As a Brit, I swear, but I don’t fucking care!
JCDU@reddit
Do I bollocks.
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
MickyG1982@reddit
Do I fuck swear too fucking often, thats a fucking fuck of a shitty lie...
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.
MickyG1982@reddit
Do I fuck swear to fucking often, thats a fucking fuck of a shitty lie...
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
Geezer-McGeezer@reddit
Absolutely fucking not
mister_barfly75@reddit
No, I fucking don't.
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."
Big-Bottle8468@reddit
sometimes but then I think fuck it.
Pretend_Limit6276@reddit
Fucking mental if you think this cunt regrets saying shit, I barely swear anymore anyways
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.
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
Kent_Tog@reddit
Bollocks
Kent_Tog@reddit
Bollocks
Scottie99@reddit
Rarely
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 😭
Superb-Ad-8823@reddit
Eh no!
bumblestum1960@reddit
Absofuckinglutely.
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. 😂
SaltyName8341@reddit
Like fuck
RevolutionaryCow994@reddit
Fuck yes
BedaFomm@reddit
All the fucking time.
TrifectaOfSquish@reddit
What the fuck do you mean swear too bloody often?
OwineeniwO@reddit
Why would I swear?
Cotters67@reddit
My wife tells me I do. I like swearing.
Xenozip3371Alpha@reddit
I swear all the time.
flangeflangeflanges@reddit
I do swear but not often. I know enough words to express myself without swearing the majority of the time.
Powerful-Adagio6446@reddit
Not fucking enough
LordAnchemis@reddit
Yes - accidentally in front of children looks bad etc.
Chemlak@reddit
I don't swear at work. I don't swear in front of my mum. I try not to swear in front of my son (15).
Otherwise? Fucking hell, I'll say whatever I want.
RuariRua@reddit
Swear too often? Of course I fucking do!
PlanetSwallower@reddit
No, I refrain from it.
Historical_Project86@reddit
I almost never swear anymore. But no, we as a nation are nowhere near the top of the profanity league
madlettuce1987@reddit
F’ckin’ right i do
magicpjj@reddit
Are you shitting me?
Hollyhop_Drive@reddit
Abso-fucking-lutely not.