from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 22 Jun 13:27
https://lemmy.world/post/31815051
Linguists analyzed websites and blogs to determine where vulgarity was most common. They found Americans swear more on the internet than other English-speaking groups.
Almost two billion words — just under 600 of them swear words — were carefully assessed, and the United States then handed the dubious honor of being the most cursing country in the English-speaking world, at least online.
For the Australian duo behind the research, it came as a surprise that the inhabitants of their own country did not lead the way, such is the stereotype that Aussies are easy-going and relaxed, in actions and words.
But Australians were only the third-most likely citizens to drop a swear word in conversation online.
The reason that America — viewed by some to be a more conservative and polite culture among English-speakers — is the most profane community online may be the anonymity of the screen, according to the study’s co-author Martin Schweinberger, a linguist at the University of Queensland, Australia.
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What the fuck is this shit?
Fuck yeah
I think this “Aussies are laid back and easy going” stereotype needs to die. Ive seen some spectacular crashouts at the most mundane of things.
What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?
Ah, I see you know your judo well…
Get your hand off my penis!
No.
That wasn’t a crash out, that was the apex of western culture
Hell yeah you cocksucking, motherfucking, shit faced, dumbass, cunts
um, which group are you talking to?
Huh. Never thought of one. ... All of them?
Still every second meme on this fucking platform is getting censored
Bullshit.
Seems a lot lower than my numbers. But I’m a pretty vulgar guy.
I’m less interested in the average across all text. Lots of corporate bullshit maybe.
Im more interested in % of speakers with an average higher than… 1:100 or something.
It’s because they’re more self-censoring in real life.
I’m sure Ned Flanders swearing seems implausible in Australia.
We are more vulgar in general now. If you look back to when I was a lad … The 1970s -if you put up a sign on your lawn that had the “F” word in it like the recent F*ck Brandon, you would have the whole neighborhood up in arms against you and likely would have a visit from the police making you take it down. Last year I was at a flea market and saw a whole table of bumper stickers “joe and the ho” " F Brandon" and worse. These being sold by a Baptist vendor who saw nothing wrong with it despite children being all over the market. There is a lack of decorum… Being the better person… The idea of being a human being and holding a door for someone or even waiting patiently is all but dead. These are the generations of people that raised their kids with manners and spanked them for not respecting their elders. What happened? Where did it all go funky and Mr. Rodgers was replaced with it’s all about me and fuck you? I don’t know but I fight it with politeness and patience every day.
Fuck that prude shit. Words are just words, only weird ass religions would decide a word is "evil’.
Yeah but people dont have to be douchebags off the bat - we can all use big boy words without swearing.
Did they account for population?
No fucking shit dumbasses
I really need to do a better job reigning this in at work
Shit man, I fucking swear all the time, you bitch.
'Murica! Fuck yeah!
Is it because the Brits and Aussies are more willing to swear in person, so they don’t keep it bottled up until they get online? America is really represented in many ways.
I mean, we have a lot to swear about with this dimwit we’ve elected