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What's the consensus on swearing here (lemmy.world)
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Noticed not many people use curse words.

So.. why the fuck not?

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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I try to ease up on the c word when I think I might be replying to an American because I'm aware it has pretty hideous connotations over there.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm an American and I throw cunt out often enough. I'm from Jersey though and we curse a bunch, and I also was in the Marines, where we cursed a lot. It's where I picked up the phrase cunt hair, as in the unit of measurement.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, Finnish army also has (or at least had) that unit of measurement, "pillukarva", literally pussy hair.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Is karva related to the Polish kurwa? I'm American and you guys are close to each other in my uneducated estimation, and so I feel like there's gotta be something there right? And oldest profession is an old word.

    Merry Christmas, and thanks for the new word.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I doubt. Karva is just any hair, except hair on head (facial hair is still karva though it has also specific words too).
    Animal hair can also be karva, but only when it's "fallen off" such as dog or cat hair sticking your clothes

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    there's a subset of women here that go absolutely berserk if you call them a cunt in certain contexts. besides them though, its just another curse word here. use it as you please. pretty fun to say sometimes. and if you say it with an aussie accent, you have a free pass to say it whenever you want

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    American here. I try to remember that other folks outside the US don't have the same negative association we do with that word. It certainly helps ease the stigma I have for it when it's said in good fun in a conversation. I still can't bring myself to say it or write it often though.

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