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

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Plastic_Library649@reddit

>Shit on the bloody thing Why do I hear that in David Mitchell's voice?

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Director_Phleg@reddit

I would hope that you hear it in Paul Ritter's voice!

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deecee-247@reddit

You mean it's the only fucking correct answer.

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deecee-247@reddit

That's fucking ok don't fucking worry about it. :)

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VolcanicBear@reddit

I swear a ridiculous amount, but I don't swear in front of kids or my mum. I don't swear in front of new customers until I establish what their language is like.

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Plastic_Library649@reddit

I do swear in front of my kids, but then I *am* Scottish.

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TazTazTAZTazTaz_@reddit

I love that swearing in front of customers is on the table

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Minimum-Detective915@reddit

Used to have a custom come in and the person who I always worked the desk with used to shout “c\*nt” at eachother😭

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IT consultant, so my customers are generally peers with similar or lower levels of technical understanding, and sometimes there's no way to describe something other than "shit". They will often need a bit of figuring out first, as there are always those who take professionalism a bit too seriously.

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VodkaMargarine@reddit

In my local pub it's a basic requirement if you want to work there

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Justboy__@reddit

I’ve sworn in front a few. Once we have a well established working relationship and we understand each other I don’t think they care.

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ExultentPisces@reddit

I used to swear in front of customers. I was working in a shop selling musical instruments and equipment. 90% of the customers were either the uppity, church going middle class type, parents with their kids or the laid back musician type. It was pretty easy to spot each type and if they were the last one, I’d just speak to them like a normal person rather than my “customer service persona”.

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Unique_Violinist_532@reddit

I let out a quick fucksake in front off a mother and her two kids cause someone walked out the shop and there card declined (thankfully they where still just outside and I managed to get them to pay)

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fizzyrhythm@reddit

Shit, I don’t fucking know.

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Ok-Cheesecake-1891@reddit

Cunt

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Lollypop1305@reddit

I’m Glaswegian and I no I don’t fucking swear too fucking much thank you very much

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SiegeupoN@reddit

What a wank question, fuck me!

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NoRange4617@reddit

WTF?

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Strange-Direction-85@reddit

Stop fucking taking batshit crazy you daft cunt. What a sausage.

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I_Am_A_Cat-Meow@reddit

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OrdinaryElectricBean@reddit

In front of my kids, probably.

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SlxnkySnxwSnxke@reddit

Get the fuck outta here with that bullshit

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TobsterVictorSierra@reddit

No. I like to combine not-swearing efforts with it as well, my favourite recent saying being "It goes like shit off the proverbial".

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Prudent_Data1780@reddit

Most definitely but what the f***

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MixPlus@reddit

Absolutely fucking-lootly

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motoringeek@reddit

As a much older Brit, I never swear. My mother always said; "if you have to enter a swear word into the sentence, rather than the correct word, then you don't have a good enough grasp of the English language." When I hear swear words, which is quite often these days. I think how uneducated young people are these days.

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Agitated-Tourist9845@reddit

"A lot of people say that it's a lack of vocabulary that makes you swear. Rubbish. I know thousands of words but l still prefer fuck.” \- Billy Connolly

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Twat_Features@reddit

Oh get a grip. Swearing is part of language. It exists in every culture.

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motoringeek@reddit

It does, I do not need to use fowl language to get my point across though.

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Twat_Features@reddit

Foul*, unless you mean poultry. Thought not swearing meant you had a better hold on the English language? And swearing has a point. I swear a bit, and hold an LLB, does that mean I’m uneducated?

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motoringeek@reddit

Absolutely correct 'foul'. These modern keyboards are awkward.

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Twat_Features@reddit

Keyboards haven’t changed in decades. You’re an old man judging people for swearing as “uneducated”. You’re an ex driving instructor for fucks sake. The kids you taught more than likely have a better grasp of the English language than you, since they went and received an education.

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motoringeek@reddit

Driving Examiner. I like the fact you had to research me to try and offend me. Bless you.

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Twat_Features@reddit

Go shag an exhaust pipe lmao

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motoringeek@reddit

See you decided to offended rather than put forward a reasonable response. You are just proving my point.

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Twat_Features@reddit

Offend* You might actually spell better if you swear more. See that grasp of the English language?

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motoringeek@reddit

There you go. That's how a conversion should go. You were absolutely correct on my mistake. Well spotted.

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sideone@reddit

> Swearing is part of language. It exists in every culture So are racial slurs. Doesn't mean I'll use them.

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Twat_Features@reddit

Shockingly, there’s a difference between words. Swearing is different than racism.

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sideone@reddit

>Swearing is different than racism. And yet, both unnecessary.

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Twat_Features@reddit

Swearing is a means to emphasise or show distress, anger, humour etc. in language. Racism is completely unacceptable as it attacks a human being for their characteristics. Not that fucking hard, right?

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sideone@reddit

I didn't say they were the same, just both unnecessary. You seem angry, are you OK?

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Agitated-Tourist9845@reddit

If anything, given the amount of cunts around, I don’t fucking swear enough.

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WildWinterberry@reddit

Piss off

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CoconutCitizen@reddit

I swear alllll the (fucking) time, but I’m always taken aback when someone I first meet swears in conversation before knowing their audience. I couldn’t care less, but I’m always mildly offended 😂

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Fickle-Public1972@reddit

No way l am Scottish don’t swear as much as people in my life

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mackerel_slapper@reddit

Fucking dog’s arse bollocks, no. What a thing to accuse me of.

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BlondePotatoBoi@reddit

I mean I'm trying to cut down on swearing, but I just cunt do it :P

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Ayyyyylmaos@reddit

I don’t think I swear too often, but I think I’ve become too casual with it. Sometimes I don’t even notice I’ve swore unless I’m around my little sister and I go “ah, sorry”.

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Bread-But-Toasted@reddit

Probably yeah but my 8 year old son absolutely hates swearing so he can fuck off if he doesn’t like it

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PerfectEmphasis9016@reddit

No. I literally never swear. My family and friends do but I’ve never felt the need when there are so many words to use.

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LegolasleChat@reddit

Absofuckinglutely.

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Lordylordlordlord@reddit

I used to swear a lot more than I do now, but I’ve got a 3 year old so had to stop so that she doesn’t copy me. She sometimes says “oh my god” so she clearly listens loads and makes me glad I’ve calmed it down. But when she’s not around I start swearing again.

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Standard-Spite-6885@reddit

I've got a 5 month old - when did you find you had to especially cut back on swearing? I think I need it right now to get through the sleep deprivation. I don't swear at the baby, obviously, but she'll be in the room with us when I feel like swearing about someone/something when talking to my husband

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Lordylordlordlord@reddit

I tried to stop it in front of her when she was a baby to be honest. Because I did swear loads so wanted to get used to it. But I’ve got anxiety so I only started this early to get used to it. I slip up sometimes but so far no swears from her!

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Standard-Spite-6885@reddit

Oh I'm definitely cutting it back and really it's rare now my C-section is healed. Sear jar for me though 😅

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Lordylordlordlord@reddit

Oh my c-section was no joke! But my daughter had to spend time on neonatal so I swore at home and didn’t in hospital 😂

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Standard-Spite-6885@reddit

I mean, I DEFINITELY swore when they did that big pushdown thing during the procedure.

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theevildjinn@reddit

My 4yo dropped her cup of milk on the kitchen floor yesterday, and went "oh, bloody cup!". My wife is a native Spanish speaker, so there's only one person who she's learned that from. Hoping it doesn't get repeated at preschool!

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Odd-Detective3672@reddit

As much as I can isn't enough

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ignatiusjreillyXM@reddit

What sort of a сunt asks a question like that?

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MasterPreparation687@reddit

This is going to sound weird, but while I'm driving I often talk to myself. Thinking out loud kind of thing. Last week I adopted a rescue dog, 10 years old, he's come all the way from Spain, very abusive past. When he's in my car with me, I censor myself. I cannot bring myself to swear in front of the wee laddie. But all you other cunts can handle it

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remmy84@reddit

Fuck yes

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Used-Incident2388@reddit

Kind of a fucking question is that ffs

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gibberishnope@reddit

Yes,but fuck it

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NowThenHowDo@reddit

I knew the comments would be full of people swearing saying 'fuck no' and it's as cringe as I thought it would be.

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Common-Job2277@reddit

yeah but i’ll never stop

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nhema94@reddit

Hell no! It’s an integral part of Britishness to enjoy the full range of Anglo-Saxon four letter words available to us as native English speakers. All those harsh, guttural plosives are great to say and are music to my ears👍🏽

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Whole-Turnip-6938@reddit

When I was around 11 years old we had grandparents round for a family meal. I decided to pipe up with a joke as everyone tucked into their dinner: David Beckham went to the dr and said “Hey Doc, every time I look in the mirror I get an erection!” The dr replies “that’s because you look like a cunt david” My mum was not impressed.

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cLWnOe8mmae7WOJi25kk@reddit

Thank you for the laugh. Never heard that joke before! 🤣

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Unlucky-Self842@reddit

Sometimes.

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Holli303@reddit

Cunt, no. If I want to use an expletive, I'm going to fucking do that. I'm an adult. I'll talk how I fucking want x

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RequirementEasy4273@reddit

Probably, but it's so baked in I barely notice anymore. Only really catch myself when there's a small child within earshot.

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Distinct_Guess3350@reddit

Abso-fucking-lutely not and I’ll call bullshit on whatever bastard tells me I do. The mere notion pisses me the fuck off.

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wnttak@reddit

I thought I did and then I realised how much my husband swore and it was nothing by comparison

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evelynsmee@reddit

It's just punctuation

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beautifuljoemarshall@reddit

I think swearing has just crept into every day conversations, fuck knows why. It’s so unnecessary

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captain_crackerjack@reddit

Swearing is to language as seasoning is to food. A little bit, intelligently used, can lift a relatively dull meal or sentence into something wonderful. Too much can spoil it. That said, “the fucking fucker’s fucking fucked” is a marvellous sentence in and of itself.

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snarkmaiden5@reddit

Its just so versatile...

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CreativeAdeptness477@reddit

Waffley fucking versatile

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rhaenerys_second@reddit

It goes with fucking eggs, bacon

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trustmeimabuilder@reddit

Versafuckintile

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demonthief29@reddit

Fanfuckingdabydozy

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IkeTurn@reddit

I don't swear, I don't see the point in it. To me its aggressive and not something people should do. Compulsive swearing is called **coprolalia**, and it is associated with neurological conditions such as Tourette syndrome, dementia, and epilepsy.

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shebasmum49@reddit

Is swearing particularly associated with British people? Seems odd to ask a question like this within a specific sub. Do Australians, French, Americans or any other nationalities not swear?

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Aphr0dite19@reddit

Probably. But not in front of other people’s children (mine are adults), mil, or general public in shops, bus stops etc. Most of my friends are similar so I don’t think it’s a problem. I like a bit of colourful language.

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Affectionate_Eye1502@reddit

FFS.

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MurdockMow@reddit

Yeah I’ve had to cut it out. Especially fuck

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No-Sympathy-4103@reddit

I swear a lot, but at work, not a peep.

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OnPointTip1@reddit

ChatGPT even pointed out my industrial language, the other day.

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No_Excuse_9023@reddit

No fucking way. Fuck sake

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BBBBBuster@reddit

Seen the state of everything nowadays? Don’t swear enough.

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Wulfy95@reddit

Oh fuck that I was raised right! Fucking hell I wouldn't dream of swearing like a little shit! Bollocks to that shite... Jesus Christ

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Status-Mousse5700@reddit

As a shit excuse I spent best part of 50 years in a factory/ industrial shop floor environment The use of industrial language was common place and not frowned upon at all Didn’t swear in front of my Mum because I’m not a fuckin reprobate or in polite company I’m aware it’s not big or clever

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behemuffin@reddit

Fuck, no.

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Particular-Opinion44@reddit

I avoid fucking swearing around kids as much as possible, but the shits have to learn eventually. I thank an old colleague Sean for corrupting my diction to say c*nt every few words/syllables as required while working though. I'll swear as much as I shitting want to and won't be denied the privilege to use this goddamn language ability how I please. Knob

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KeithMyArthe@reddit

I live in Australia now, so I'm more like a nun

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Emergency-Agency-254@reddit

I swear to the point where if I don't swear people ask if I'm okay

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Prior_Elephant_5187@reddit

For fucks sake no

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No-Specialist787@reddit

Swear to fuckin much? Do I fuck as like

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trustmeimabuilder@reddit

When I was in my twenties a long time ago, I had an interview for the civil service. It was a much bigger deal than I had expected. I was sitting at the end of a long table with Colonel Somebody, Baroness Somebody-Else, and another posh twat at the other end. Having been the only applicant in the waiting room not immaculately dressed in a suit, I reckoned my chances were slim, so didn't take the questions particularly seriously. As I left the room, one of the three, leant towards me and said "A word in your ear, young man. One does not use the word 'bugger' in an interview".

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LittleUglyBug@reddit

Yes I fucking do however I am fucking mindful that others don’t fucking swear so I keep most of my daily fucks in my head. This makes me fucking laugh.

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PKblaze@reddit

Nope. I can turn it on and off so I'm usually fine.

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The_Dark_Vampire@reddit

Depends by swearing. I say stuff like Bollocks or Bloody Nora on a daily bases. I wouldn't say my usage of Fuck is rare but it's not a daily thing either

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Educational-Angle717@reddit

Fuck off clean shirt.

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That-Orchid-7904@reddit

I don’t mind their swearing, mostly 4-letter words. It’s the blasphemy I find appalling. Even if they aren’t a person of faith, they can still have respect people that are.

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SlightProgrammer@reddit

piss up a crucifix!

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Mfcx6sp4@reddit

Cunt is fine but for god’s sake isn’t?

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That-Orchid-7904@reddit

Whatever makes you feel better

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FreshBrainEater@reddit

I suspect you probably have an incorrect idea of what blasphemy is. It's not uttering "Jesus Christ" when you bang your thumb with a hammer. It's using God's name for an unethical or immoral purpose, such as the paedophile pastor who tells a teenage girl that it's "God's plan" that the pastor rapes her.

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That-Orchid-7904@reddit

Chill out bro

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BigFatSue_@reddit

What year is it if we are actually caring about people using the lords name in vain

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Nevernonethewiser@reddit

Depends where I am, to be honest. With friends, no. At work, not if it's just me and the team. I don't swear around outside stakeholders or clients/customers/visitors. Out in public on my own, I don't swear because why would I be talking? I'm not just jumping about, babbling to myself like a loon. I don't swear at shop staff or waiters.

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anxious_antelope813@reddit

Absofuckinglutely not.

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EstablishmentHuge333@reddit

Shut the fuck up!

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pirateofmemes@reddit

I've started volunteering for the church and i'm a scout leader. when i'm not doing those two, it's a constant stream of swear words. When i'm doing those, I go "beggar" instead of bugger and "shiminy" instead of shit.

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Arnoave@reddit

I used to not think so, but as I get older I'm beginning to appreciate "clean" language more and more

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romeo__golf@reddit

I distinctly remember a family dinner 20-something years ago when I was a teenager, during which I think I'd sworn while describing my day. Dad got annoyed and said "could we all stop swearing so much at the table?" to which mum replied, "oh, shut the fuck up, you boring cunt. Does anyone want some fucking dessert?" Anyway, I don't speak to my dad much these days, because he's a bit of a cunt, but mum is fucking brilliant.

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CaptainMcClutch@reddit

No but generally I don't really understand swearing. The idea that one word can mean the same as another... but one is worse because we all agreed that at some point in history? Somehow a word like shit is a swear... yet you can say a ton of other words that mean exactly the same thing, why the fuck does it matter then?!

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K1ng_Canary@reddit

Having kids made me change my language a fair bit, I probably did swear too much beforehand. I do judge other parents who apparently can't restrain themselves around their kids though. Your 5 year old telling people to fuck off isn't cute.

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Sir_Edna_Bucket@reddit

My neighbours 5 year old proudly exclaimed he was "pissed off" yesterday in the garden. One of the first things I ever heard him say was "dickhead". It paints the parents in a different light when you hear that sort of thing

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northyj0e@reddit

>My neighbours 5 year old proudly exclaimed he was "pissed off" yesterday in the garden The only thing worse than kids swearing is British kids swearing like Americans.

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UuusernameWith4Us@reddit

Pissed off is a britishism.... Pissed on its own (used to mean angry not drunk) is the Americanism.

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berkleysquare@reddit

WTF has it got to do with you!

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Bifanarama@reddit

Hate it. Haven't used a four letter word since 1981. Seriously.

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Dragon_Knight1999@reddit

No I fucking don't

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Longjumping_Car3318@reddit

Fuck no

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JayBea-on-Sea@reddit

Absofuckinlutely

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Drath101@reddit

Not really. I swear quite often but I can turn it off when I need to so it's never really been a problem

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Honest-Cover9513@reddit

Same here.

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MasticatedBrain@reddit

Same, I swear wayyy too much casually but can switch it off without thinking. Having kids helped.

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DatGuy82772@reddit

Nope. I don't swear often anyway.

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Far_Bad_531@reddit

Yes I fucking do 🤬

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Bantabury97@reddit

Ahh get tae fuck.

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badger906@reddit

I don’t actually swear much. Specifically not as part of normal language. I’ve a forward facing role so can’t. But when I’m pretending to be angry (tism means I don’t get actually angry so I jokingly act it as a learned thing) I swear then.

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SamVimesBootTheory@reddit

I probably swear an average/less than average amount (I have a feeling I do utter at least one swear word a day) but it tend to be fairly mild stuff I do find though I tend to swear more online when typing than I actually do when speaking but also I tend to be fairly quiet irl.

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BG3restart@reddit

I very rarely swear, so when I do it adds impact. There does seem to be an increase in the number of people who can't talk at all without saying 'fucking' before every other word.

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fookreddit22@reddit

I can absolutely talk without saying "fucking" before every word, I just fucking choose not to. Much rather a swear be a sentence filler than things like literally, ong, ngl, fr.

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sideone@reddit

> Much rather a swear be a sentence filler than things like literally, ong, ngl, fr Or you could think about the sentence you're going to say and then say it, rather than verbal diarrhoea

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fookreddit22@reddit

Swearing is often used to convey fucking emphasis, that would require forethought.

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showusyatackle@reddit

Fucking right an all mate

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VodkaMargarine@reddit

Fucking no fuck that, fuck every fucking word.

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hoganpaul@reddit

Knob cheese

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Previous_Kale_4508@reddit

I don't bother swearing. As I live between Manchester and Liverpool who both use swear words as punctuation, I am exposed to more than enough without adding to it.

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taflad@reddit

Absofuckinglutley not!

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

I see swearing as a useful way to add colour, emotion and humour in language and have encouraged my daughter to use it the same way, since as long as she could understand that it was not too be used with grandparents or at school. I don't mind the sex and body function / secretion swears being used, but we do have a strict rule with her that we mustn't use swears which are misogynistic, racist, homophobic etc. So the time I regret swearing is when I bellowed "Cunt!" at a driver who nearly rammed into the side of our car in its attempt to cut in on the motorway, and my 8yo daughter innocently asked from the back what a cunt was.

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MoreUnadventurous@reddit

Same in our house. My teenagers are fairly liberal with their swearing at home but they know some words are absolutely not OK and I've never heard them say them.

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winthewarpie@reddit

My kids are aged 17 to adults. Interestingly my girls don’t swear but my sons do.

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northyj0e@reddit

I don't understand the whole idea that saying cunt is misogynistic, would you say that saying bollocks is misanthropic? Likewise calling someone a bellend, dickhead, or knob?

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winthewarpie@reddit

Don’t forget douchebag and tw*t! I had to put an asterisk as the politically correct warning flashed up!

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AirlineSevere7456@reddit

fuck i said shit...shit i said fuck

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sneltonexp@reddit

I'm self employed tradie, and my Rule No.2 of work is no bad language (Rule No.1 no controversial chat, Rule No.3 never refuse a cup of tea) in front of the customer. I also never swear around my mum, though I've let slip a few with my dad. When I'm with my mates though, I enjoy using the full breadth of the Anglo-Saxon language!

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asuka_rice@reddit

Depends who and where you hang around when you was young or now.

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FornyHucker22@reddit

had a Tesco worker drop something near me the other day and heard a distinctive “fuck sake” it warmed my soul ☺️ nothing broken all good 😁

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TryTrynTryAgain@reddit

At work I jumped on a teams call with a newer member of staff, was a briefing meeting passing over work. None of my set up was working, so I logged off and rejoined a couple of minutes later. The new starter said “I heard you say ‘Fucking piece of shit’ before you disappeared” Put him at ease. There is something about occasional unprofessionalism, we are all human at the end of the day.

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BeingOtherwise7829@reddit

Lol I was at Morrisons self check out a few weeks ago and something was fucking up with the till (as it inevitably always does with self check out)... She was literally going 'fucking hell, fucks sake, fuck etc' the whole time trying to fix it, I was like whoaaa okay love it's really not that bad haha

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winthewarpie@reddit

I’m a good girl I don’t swear …. Shit bugger arse holes I don’t care!! Usually only when I’m driving ! I don’t like casual swearing in a conversation. But I’m too polite to tell you to **** off!

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Anna2339@reddit

No. Prolific swearing is unpleasant aggressive behaviour. Trashy, common, unappealing.

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Low-Run9256@reddit

Yes, but DILLIGAF, no

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Jondazefreakofnature@reddit

Absofuckinglutely

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Pigflap_Batterbox@reddit

As a Brit, it’s important that I swear often and regularly and always in context.

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lkap28@reddit

All the time, rarely in an angry or aggressive way. Just filler words or comedic effect.

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Unlikely_Minimum4113@reddit

I don't swear at all mate. The people that swear are a bunch of fucking shithouses, the lot of em. I never swear, unlike those cunts!

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Morganx27@reddit

Yes, and I can't really regulate myself in the moment so I've had to reduce swearing across the board. I can't go "oh, I'm in a job interview right now, I'll moderate my language". It seems I've replaced "oh fuck" with "oh crumbs"

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_isolati0n@reddit

I do swear alot in general conversation but don't feel it's necessarily an issue. The only time I've ever regretted it is when it's slipped out in front of my child, luckily she's 4 and has never said a swear work yet so it can't be that bad.

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No-Relief4861@reddit

Yes, I worked in an office where it was custom to swear a lot. I realised one day that my language had become unreasonably swear-y, and it was honestly offputting.

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RegularSpecialist986@reddit

I think sometimes the issue is people use it as a mask for anxiety, or because they can't think of words quickly enough and feel the need to say "something" to fill the space

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SyllabubCute3004@reddit

Do I fuck is also acceptable.

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Crazy-Condition-8446@reddit

I dont mind swearing, but i dislike swearing as filler words. It indicates a lack of intelligence in my opinion.

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CriticalCentimeter@reddit

Fuck your shit opinion

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Dazzling_One_4335@reddit

Absolutely fucking not.

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BrownBoyCoy@reddit

What kinda c*nt asks a question like that?

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Boating_taxonomist@reddit

Sometimes. I generally swear a lot but I do try not to where it might not be perceived well. I’ve accidentally sworn in front of the nice Methodist ladies at my knitting group once or twice though (though actually I know some of them do swear mildly on occasion…just not usually in the Methodist hall around all the other ladies…)

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DB-DanCooper@reddit

Too much for what? Its all arbitrary horseshit.

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Zelouslibrarian@reddit

Yes. And I don't like it

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Plane-Being1274@reddit

Honestly? Not at all, I barely swear unless I feel it’s needed or if I make an accident and one pops out

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Fit-Fault338@reddit

I swear too much.Every new year one of my resolutions is to stop swearing.It lasts about 10 minutes.

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cappsy04@reddit

I swear like I was raised by sailors, I just see it as an integral part of my vocabulary. Although my in-laws thought my sons first word would be cunt (it was not)

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smackdealer1@reddit

There's a Lily Allen song that comes to mind

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Electrical_Trade377@reddit

most definitely (and in different languages when i’m particularly annoyed)

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alferret@reddit

I constantly swear, but not at things or people (unless warranted) but in context of the conversation. I respect my elders so I don't use my normal language in front of them. At 60 in too long in the tooth to change and to be fucking frank I don't give a fuck.

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Proper-Ad669@reddit

Do i fuck

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Eastern_Arm1476@reddit

Yes I do. I don't cuss in front of my wife, women or kids but otherwise yes.

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ExultentPisces@reddit

I remember watching Michael Palin’s Full Circle back in the 90s. I must’ve been about 12 or 13. In the episode where he visits Japan, he stays in this beautiful traditional inn. He sits for a traditional meal, in this gorgeous, immaculately clean, perfectly organised, minimalist room in near perfect silence. The first thing he does is knock over the sake. “Oh shit” he mutters to himself with such perfect timing that the camera crew burst out laughing. I learned at that moment that it is entirely appropriate to swear when the time is absolutely right. And the right time is when it is funniest.

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Charming_Honeydew_91@reddit

I work in care, mostly with kids (older ones) the language that comes out their mouths is awful thankfully it's not directed at me i just overhear it or it comes out when they are upset. I personally do not swear often but i did when I was younger guess it's maturity and self control I do however still curse at my sports team (I can't seem to control it the same) 😂

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tacticall0tion@reddit

The british have mastered the art of swearing, we can use it as a noun, verb, adjective, and punctuation. We're fucking legendary.

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fothergillfuckup@reddit

The exact fucking optimum amount.

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Purp1eMagpie@reddit

Nope. I swear *a lot* but I don't care. Plus I can switch it off with zero thought. 35 and still never swear around my parents

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

I think it is fine but trashy when people do it in the wrong time and place. Not around kids, not when speaking to someone official, not an employee doing a job. When I worked in a call centre if someone swore I just put the phone down, I'm not being spoken to like that. But a friend in a pub can call me a prick all they like.

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Ok_Row_4920@reddit

What's too often? From my experience most people I know swear a lot and the few people I've ever met that have a problem with it aren't the sort of people who's opinion means anything.

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BenchClamp@reddit

Probably. But fuck it

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Unbeknownsttooyou@reddit

Yes I swear too often. No I couldn't give a shit

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YorkshireMary@reddit

I fucking certainly do.

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WavryWimos@reddit

I've cut down on my swearing since having a kid. But my kid's 4 now, and hears me swear sometimes. It's not the end of the world, I explain the context around it and why I swore etc. They don't really repeat it, and if they do it's just at home in front of me and the missus. I feel like trying to be too uptight about it is actually worse - that whole thing of, the more you try to stop them from doing something, the more they're going to want to do it. If I act all weird about swear words right now, they're gonna think it's funny and then go ham with it later. For now it's just "I said a swear word, because blah blah, here's why you shouldn't swear blah blah". Takes away from the appeal of swearing like a sailor.

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TommyCheckers976@reddit

Cunt, nae chance

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CrustyHumdinger@reddit

Get fucked

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SpamJavelin00@reddit

Did you know ? It is an Englishman who owns the world wearing record . Here’s the entry in Guinness book of world records , confirming the feat. We are the best in the world at it - if there was a swearing Olympics we would piss it , the fucking cunting whore. https://preview.redd.it/w7fcyp6oru1h1.jpeg?width=501&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32b31def56de62c0b0ad74db84317c073bb7de7a

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SpamJavelin00@reddit

No I don’t , there is no such thing as too much , it is the hallmark of being a silver tongued cavalier , as I told the archbishop last week. He disagreed though, the fucking bastard.

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Y-Bob@reddit

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DingoBingoWimbo@reddit

I swear too much at work for sure but struggle to censor myself

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Bose82@reddit

Not enough

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Wizzpig25@reddit

Fuck yeah

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hovis_mavis@reddit

Not enough really given how often I hold my tongue.

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Least-Entrepreneur23@reddit

I base my vocabulary around Brian Blessed

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87catmama@reddit

Not since my child saw a dead mouse and said 'fucking cats!' I decided I should rein it in a bit after that!

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Lazy_Cat1997@reddit

No except when I’m driving

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BlueLinnet@reddit

I may drive aggressively sometimes but never swear when behind the wheel.

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Lazy_Cat1997@reddit

🤣🤣

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BeingOtherwise7829@reddit

Fuck yes. I notice it when I'm around my little niece and have to stop myself.

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Tiger_Tail77@reddit

Yes I do and I'm taking steps to change that

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AndrewHinds67@reddit

All the fucking time.

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Klutzy_Award1786@reddit

For me no, for my colleagues none of whom are English, I apparently swear too fucking much

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JimBowen0306@reddit

Probably

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BuildingArmor@reddit

Not "too" often, no. I can only imagine swearing too often means you're actually swearing so much that you're not even making any point. I avoid swearing in work because I'm trying to make a good impression with everybody - even those who don't like swearing. But generally speaking it's just more words and they aren't hurtful attacks, they have no malice behind them, they're perfectly fine to use as appropriate.

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SilverAss_Gorilla@reddit

I'm Canadian living here and I have to say Canadians swear way more than Brits. Whenever I go home I always notice how casually Canadians swear compared to here.

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PlatJC@reddit

Yes. I never really noticed my use of language until 2 things happened: 1. My partner says she knew if she’d pissed me off based on the language I used. If I swore, it was my usual expression and I wasn’t genuinely annoyed or upset, like “fuck off.” If I said “leave me alone” she said alarm bells would ring. 2. One of my young children said to me the other day as I was bringing in the shopping, fucking he’ll look at the size of them apples. I told him who taught up that word, where did he hear it, and he looks sheepishly back at me and says you daddy.

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soulsteela@reddit

Fucking kidding right? I’m holding back most days.

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jengaduk@reddit

Absafuckinglutely, do I give a shit? Fuck no!

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gameovervip@reddit

I don’t usually notice my own swearing until I’m around the niece and nephew. Im often given a stern look and told off when I do but I don’t even realise what I’ve said half the time

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Rechamber@reddit

I wouldn't say I try not to swear, but rather I just don't generally swear when I'm speaking, unless I'm out with friends, or paraphrasing or something. It's not how I'd normally speak in everyday situations like some people do. I'd swear if there's a purpose or a point, and sorry to say but I think people that excessively swear when there's no need are probably unsavoury sorts or have a lack of education, and maybe that makes me judgemental but honestly that's how I feel if someone is adding swear words to every sentence for no reason.

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stormyrdl@reddit

Oh shit best go give back my degree because I like the word fuck.

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Rechamber@reddit

Like I said, I'm aware it makes me judgemental and it's not really a fair representation of a person, but that's just how it makes me feel.

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Emergency-Aardvark-6@reddit

My sentence enhancers are always entirely justified, c*nt.

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Drobbo_Red@reddit

I’m an engineer that used to work on construction sites early in my career and then moved into design offices. After a couple of weeks of working in the office, my new boss asked me if I was aware of how informally I spoke on the phone. He informed me that instead of using filler words like ‘er’ or ‘um’, I would say ‘fucking’. My speech in workplace conversations is much more formal now.

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CoffeeHanJan@reddit

I swear as much as I shitting well deem fit

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MapOfIllHealth@reddit

I live in Australia and even they think I swear too much. But the only time my language has gotten me in trouble was when I called a manager pedantic. Not even fucking pedantic, just pedantic. He gave me a written warning. I say he proved me right. Prick.

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Dull_Hawk9416@reddit

I never used to swear until I started working in a male dominated business (only female at the company). Now I swear without thinking. Wish I didn’t. I don’t care if people use bad language but I just wish I could stop

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CuteMaterial@reddit

I don't think I swear enough to be honest

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Wide-Challenge-4874@reddit

Fuck yes.

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butt3rflycaught@reddit

Yes, it’s a really bad habit of mine.

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Princes_Slayer@reddit

I swear a lot in normal conversation. It is an unconditional thing for me now whereas I am in my professional setting I find that if I’m bringing up a complaint or frustration for poor service received by our clients, I do have to be focussed on not letting swear words slip in. Same in front of my parents as they never swear

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Standard-Spite-6885@reddit

American with British in-laws. My spouse grew up very behaved and never curses (in front of parents). But they flew with us to visit my parents and I drove us through a city where you need to swear while driving to make it through. My mother-in-law still hasn't forgiven me.

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Ok-Application-8045@reddit

Abso-fucking-lutely

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miemcc@reddit

I have been labelled as the 'Fuckit Launcher' bAsed on the number of times I have been arse up and head down in a machine loudly exclaiming 'What fucking stupid twat designed this fucking stupid design. Fucker couldn't find their way out of a fucking toilet' My partner jokes that, when we head north, I get 'Scottishified'. So the above is set to a Billy Connolly style rant. The thing is, I am normally obvious to this, chuntering and fuming to myself (pronounced ma'sell!)!

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Adzx93@reddit

Absofuckinglutely

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dprophet32@reddit

Fuck yes. I always did outside of work but now I've got an Australian partner rwho ucking swears all the cunting time at home and I've started doing it too fucking much too.

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Chemical-Grade5137@reddit

Swear words are substitutes for punctuation marks in the UK.

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OmegaMaster8@reddit

Yes. I swear everyday but only to myself.

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kreemy_kurds@reddit

Yeah but I have a sixth sense not to do it around children, around adults I don't give a toss

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the-gadabout@reddit

Thought I did, until I worked in a boatyard in the Borders. (Literally) Every second word is either ‘fuck’ or ‘cunt’. I’ve picked up some bad habits…

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Petcai@reddit

Fuck no.

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itsheadfelloff@reddit

Yes, I make a conscious effort not to but I fucking end up doing it anyway.

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BungadinRidesAgain@reddit

No, I'm not prudish about swearing (context dependent of course). I read somewhere that people who swear tend to have larger vocabularies as well, which is interesting.

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Gworvinda@reddit

Bollocks

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LilacScentedStoat@reddit

I swear like a trooper when I'm trying to do stuff and things aren't going smoothly. Like if I'm trying to use the strimmer and that little bleeping bit of bleepy plastic string bleep keeps bleeping breaking and bleeping back into the bleeping reel.. bleeping thing.

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Eskyzoo@reddit

I swear worse in the garden than anywhere else, I swear at every little bug that I catch chewing on my plants, I call each slug I find, the most awful swear words you can think of. Swear when I can't find my gardening gloves, swear when I find them, when my lawn mower needs emptying .... when a bird sh\*ts on my flowers .... believe it or not, I absolutely love gardening and everything it brings with it. Indoors, the TV gets sworn at a lot. I need to stop it, I hate it and I'm sure my neighbours hate me for it, though mostly it's under my breath. Why is swearing so habit-forming? 😢

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SwiftJedi77@reddit

Definitely. I swear much more in my forties than I ever did as a teen or in my twenties.

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spiderham42@reddit

As I have children around a lot more, I feel I don't swear nearly as much as I used to. I miss the good old days when there was less risk of my children repeating. Everything I said.

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clrthrn@reddit

I am an ex civil servant so every other word I say is fuck. It was trained into me by the very best that the UK government can offer. Malcolm Tucker exists and he is in every single department.

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WoodyBanger1@reddit

Abso-fucking-lutely. I tried to stop swearing once, but I c*nt.

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Vegetable_Minute_343@reddit

Swearing is an integral part of my being.

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mailywhale@reddit

I swear quite a lot but I don’t really think it’s ever caused a problem. Unless something really bad happens then it’s not compulsive such that I’d do it in an inappropriate setting. And if something really bad had happened, I would say it necessarily is an appropriate setting

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Whole_Ad_8229@reddit

No. I swear but I don't pepper my vocabulary with it, or punctuate my sentences with it.

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TheEnglishDominant2@reddit

Depends on the situation I’m in only really use it for effect to add to something as a spoken word artist that’s my general view on it.

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Beartato4772@reddit

It's only bad language because other people say it is.

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JazzyJ967@reddit

I don’t think so, but I don’t swear around my parents and the people I do swear around, swear more than me.

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lovinglifeatmyage@reddit

I’ve got a really bad potty mouth, but I do manage to restrain it when I should. I’m an ex nurse, many of the nurses I worked with were as bad, I think it was probably more of a stress reliever. I’m 68 now so doubt I’ll ever change

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Ferocious-Muppet@reddit

Do I fuck!

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jrbp@reddit

I mean, can you fucking blame us?

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reader270@reddit

Yes, but I can keep it in when necessary, like at work or in front of my mum.

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BeardedBaldMan@reddit

No, but I would like to have a few more I could use. Are you fucking stupid? Seems overly mild but there isn't a decent replacement for stupid which doesn't offend people.

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Veinmire@reddit

Oh definitely. I'm autistic and pretty angry even when I'm "calm" by my standards, and I tend to think I need to swear even when my loudness is more than enough for one person on its own. Not as bad as my older brother though. He will literally just shout slurs in restaurant doorways and I have to tell him to shut up.

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Dobbyyy94@reddit

Absolutely fucking not..

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evenifihateit@reddit

No, but my mother would disagree

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ATOJAR@reddit

Depends, with mates and people I know very well I swear like fuck. Otherwise no.

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Economy_Primary1774@reddit

mate... not often enough

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