A lesser-known benefit of OCR is all the accidental swearing

@sesquiotic on the mistaken old fucks at The New York Times:

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2019/05/26/the-mistaken-old-fucks-at-the-new-york-times/

#NYT #OCR #swearwords

"They are a people of contradictions, and their swearing is no different." @korystamper looks at common Finnish swearwords:

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/10/03/the-wide-wide-world-of-fucks-finland/

#swearing #profanity #language #swearwords

In our very first post, back in December 2014, @sesquiotic explored the phonology of cusswords:

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/phonology-of-cusswords-some-initial-observations/

#swearing #cursing #phonology #linguistics #SwearWords

Mathematician Sophie Maclean used an algorithm to find out what the ultimate swear word should be. It came up with ‘fanny’.

#maths #mathematician #SophieMaclean #algorithm #swearwords #swearing #profanity

If you follow me #nsfw and #explicit #swearwords must be expected. That's not because I'm an exceptional rude person but I have to make sure that I figure out fast if US Amarican so called moral rules kick in somewhere. So go fuck yourself you hypocrite nipple haters.
Sent with love from Europe 💖

Doing some editing on my mystery novel and Word just slays me. It's a bit prissy about the use of swearing. I have a character say "damn." Word flags it and notes "This language may be offensive to your reader."

😀

#WritingCommunity #Editing #SwearWords

@Smooheed What the fuck are they thinking 😂 making a rule like that?

#SwearWords
#CursingSavesLives

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been working on making some cards. I’ve made some pretty Valentine’s and Mother’s Day cards and these….not so nice, naughty cards 😇

If you know a slug, a toad, a T**t or a 🌊 word, I have the cards you’re looking for. All cards can be found here ⬇️
https://www.handmaiduns.com/cards

#NSFW #MHHSBD #mastoArt #space #swearwords

"Funniest George Carlin Bit Ever" - YouTube
#GeorgeCarlin #StandupComedy #Humor
#Profanity #AdultContent #LewdContent
#SwearWords #CurseWords #NSFW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiKxQRf3Vws

I like #boosting good content, but if your toot has #swearwords in it, I'm just not going to boost it.

I guess I may be considered old fashioned in this regard, but I think it's important to have proper and civil communication.

I wish it was called "rude language" instead of "strong language", as if it's something desirable. It is not. If you have a strong opinion, it can and should be strong enough to stand on its own.

Etymology of Ass

from the Etymology Online website:
The Old English "assa" is a back-formation from assen (she-ass), from Celtic (compare Old Irish asan, Old Cornish asen), from Latin asinus.

"Assa" replaced the Old English esol, from Proto-West Germanic "asil."

#etymology
#SwearWords
#OldEnglish
#Celtic
#OldIrish
#OldCornish
#Latin
#donkey
#BackFormation

@gmusser Jumalauta, helvetin perkele 🤬🤬🤬
It seems that Finnish wasn’t included in the article 🤔
#swearwords #linguistics

Swear words in different languages have one thing in common

#swearwords #languages #filthy
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/10/world/swear-word-similarities-cec/index.html

The #Linguistics of #Swearing Explain Why We Substitute Darn for Damn
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-linguistics-of-swearing-explain-why-we-substitute-darn-for-damn/

#Languages from Hindi to Korean tone down #swearwords by inserting gentler consonants into speech. Here’s how “Let’s go Brandon” got started

Nice to see a #linguist like Lev-Ari given space on #NPR.

#linguistics #lexicons #swearwords #typology

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1141047775/swear-words-across-languages-may-have-more-in-common-than-previously-thought

"Not all sounds are equally suitable for profanity," say the authors of this new study of #swearwords in seven different languages. Expletives tend not to have sounds such as 'l', 'r', 'w', and 'y' (so-called approximants). The authors get extra points for giving examples from Huttese, Xenexian, and Caprican. https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-022-02202-0 #linguistics

Who would have thought that a European country is the rudest word in the Universe.

Swear words: we studied speakers of languages from Hindi to Hungarian to find out why obscenities sound the way they do

https://theconversation.com/swear-words-we-studied-speakers-of-languages-from-hindi-to-hungarian-to-find-out-why-obscenities-sound-the-way-they-do-192473

#TheConversation #SwearWords