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Swear words you never hear Americans use.

The Crowman

It's interesting to consider the differences in swearing between the States and the rest of the English speaking world particularly Ireland and Britain. Word like bollocks and w@nker would sound very strange in an American accent. The only time I heard either word used in an American film or TV show was in Repo Man and that involved Anglocentric punks who were probably emulating Johnny Rotten or whoever. Cnunt is another odd one, in an American context its virtually always used towards women in a very derogatory manner whereas on this side of the Atlantic and I think Australia its a general insult directed also at men.

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Mad_maxx

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Gob****e.

That's exclusively Irish

Mad_maxx

EdgeCase wrote: »

Also, excluding Boston, NYC and the Northeastern US where things are fairly normal in general in much of the rest of the country they're *very* shocked by any kind of swearing. There's a definite conservative / puritanical type influence over there about language.

. Swearing in America is a Jewish and Catholic thing

Most of the country is protestant culturally, in the eyes of middle America, courseness in entertainment is a Jewish thing going back a century

Bigbagofcans

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I have never once heard an American say, 'he should be shot with a ball of his own sh*te'.

Or gowl.

I've never heard anyone say that. I only ever see them used on Boards :P

Feisar

EdgeCase wrote: »

Also, excluding Boston, NYC and the Northeastern US where things are fairly normal in general in much of the rest of the country they're *very* shocked by any kind of swearing. There's a definite conservative / puritanical type influence over there about language.

I notice that on a shooting forum I frequent based over there.

Deebles McBeebles

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

I've never heard anyone say that. I only ever see them used on Boards :P

I got it from a girl I know who is from Darndale so maybe its a regional thing!

Another one from the same girl was "ah, ask me lala".

Bigbagofcans

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

I got it from a girl I know who is from Darndale so maybe its a regional thing!

Another one from the same girl was "ah, ask me lala".

I've never been to Darndale but it sounds like something that would be said there!

razorblunt

"Oh Cheese and Crackers".

Grayson

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/mapping-the-united-swears-of-america/

jack-grieve-swear-map-of-usa-gi-z-score-****.png

I can't post that image because it has Cnut in the URL

some of the swear words on that page...... Darn should never be considered a swearword. same with Gosh.

Boom_Bap

Smell of benji off ye

marcbrophy

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Gowl isn't used in most of Ireland

Shup you gowl

maximoose

Bob Harris wrote: »

Hoor.

Frank Reynolds disagrees.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Mad_maxx wrote: »

. Swearing in America is a Jewish and Catholic thing

Most of the country is protestant culturally, in the eyes of middle America, courseness in entertainment is a Jewish thing going back a century

A lot of those protestant rednecks from the 'Bible Belt' swear like sailors.

Jerichoholic

Isaias Unsightly Wine wrote: »

"Yer only shite in a bucket, ya junkies junkies bastard ya."

High voice

Boom_Bap

maximoose wrote: »

Frank Reynolds disagrees.

MonkieSocks

whisky_galore wrote: »

Cünt is a term of affection in Australia.

Cünt is a term of affection Down Under

Zadkiel

T w a t they pronounce it TWOT, makes me irrationally angry

ceadaoin.

Zadkiel wrote: »

T w a t they pronounce it TWOT, makes me irrationally angry

Haha I literally came on here to say this

Mad_maxx

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

A lot of those protestant rednecks from the 'Bible Belt' swear like sailors.

Not in my experience, love that part of the usa

brainfreeze

Zadkiel wrote: »

T w a t they pronounce it TWOT, makes me irrationally angry

I give them a pass on that one, it's one of those words that if you've only read before hearing, you'd get it wrong given the rest of the English language words that end in wat have a wot sound.

Swat for example.

The Rape of Lucretia

Dr@t is one you will never hear them say either, but swear words come in for much more criticism and tend not to be used in many spheres in the US.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

They never say 'arse' but use 'ass' instead. In an anthology of Patrick Kavanagh poems an American publisher removed any references to Ass (as in a donkey) and left 'Arse' in, not knowing what it referred to.

Yer Da sells Avon

Wanker.

It means nothing over there, so the Simpsons writers have got away with using it on at least three occasions. Also, in the sitcom Married... with Children, Peggy Bundy's maiden name was Wanker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJp7drI8hWQ

With regard to the c-word (cunt), Billy Connolly did a very funny routine recently about how Americans rarely use it (yet have no issue with 'motherfucker').

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XX7Iv2iN0w

B0jangles

I've noticed a good few young Americans over here saying 'oh my GOSH!!' instead of 'oh my GOD!!' - it's so uptight it actually ends up being kinda sweet

Yer Da sells Avon

B0jangles wrote: »

I've noticed a good few young Americans over here saying 'oh my GOSH!!' instead of 'oh my GOD!!' - it's so uptight it actually ends up being kinda sweet

"Oh, my fucking GOSH!!!"

Archeron

Sh*tehawk

The Crowman

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Wanker.

It means nothing over there, so the Simpsons writers have got away with using it on at least three occasions. Also, in the sitcom Married... with Children, Peggy Bundy's maiden name was Wanker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJp7drI8hWQ

With regard to the c-word (cunt), Billy Connolly did a very funny routine recently about how Americans rarely use it (yet have no issue with 'motherfucker').

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XX7Iv2iN0w

I could have sworn I heard the word "****" being used in an episode of Beavis & Butthead back in the day but I might have misheard it, the context was they were trying, in their usual unique way to chat up two girls and one of the girls says to them "lay off the ****", at least that's what it sounded like but I can't find any reference to it online.

The Crowman

Mad_maxx wrote: »

. Swearing in America is a Jewish and Catholic thing

Most of the country is protestant culturally, in the eyes of middle America, courseness in entertainment is a Jewish thing going back a century

Don't forget African Americans contribution to swearing. The aforementioned motherfcuker and endless variations on "ass" as in that big ass such and such. Blacksploitation movies, comedians like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy did much to popularize swearing and rap did the rest.

Comhrá

An expression I heard in New Zealand: "Rattle your dags" meaning, "get a move on."

"Dag" according toWikipedia:

History

Originally a word meaning the dried faeces left dangling from the wool on a sheep's rear end.

Muahahaha

Never heard gowl used in Ireland either. I only know it from that Youtube vid in Athlone with yer wan fighting with her fella in the street. Is gowl only a midlands thing?

Yer Da sells Avon

Muahahaha wrote: »

Never heard gowl used in Ireland either. I only know it from that Youtube vid in Athlone with yer wan fighting with her fella in the street. Is gowl only a midlands thing?

As far as I know, it's a Cork word. The Irish word 'gabhal' means 'fork' or 'split' - I presume that's where gowl comes from.