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minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-25 days agoEspecially since cunt isn’t even a swearword in English.
minus-squarepi3r8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoIt’s practically punctuation here in Scotland.
minus-squarebreecher@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days agoIt is definitely an American who censored it.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoIt’s an odd one because it wasn’t even a word in common usage until about 50 years ago, so I don’t understand where the Americans got their attitude from since it appears to have been entirely self-generated.
minus-squarepohart@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoFrom Wikipedia It goes back to at least the year 1230, and was excluded from the OED from the 18th century until 1960. So it wasn’t just Americans.
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoMy wife just told me otherwise.
Especially since cunt isn’t even a swearword in English.
It’s practically punctuation here in Scotland.
It is definitely an American who censored it.
It’s an odd one because it wasn’t even a word in common usage until about 50 years ago, so I don’t understand where the Americans got their attitude from since it appears to have been entirely self-generated.
From Wikipedia
It goes back to at least the year 1230, and was excluded from the OED from the 18th century until 1960. So it wasn’t just Americans.
You must be thinking of Australian
My wife just told me otherwise.