BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 11 months agoSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1537arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1528arrow-down1external-linkSwearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claimwww.theguardian.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Interesting Shares@lemmy.zipEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square193fedilinkfile-text
Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·11 months agoYet you could have said the same thing in fewer words. However now you’ve predisposed me to ignore half of what you said as overly dramatic, and if it really is that frequent, to wonder about your literacy
minus-squarevonbaronhanslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThis is what’s known as, “being judgemental”
Yet you could have said the same thing in fewer words. However now you’ve predisposed me to ignore half of what you said as overly dramatic, and if it really is that frequent, to wonder about your literacy
This is what’s known as, “being judgemental”