“白痴” (moron or idiot) counts as a swear in zh. “抐屎” (to churn shit) isn’t a swear in zh-min-nan.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    15 天前

    It varies within english too.

    Cunt is an offensive term in British English while it is a term of endearment in Australian English

    • 9point6@lemmy.world
      19·
      15 天前

      FWIW I think it’s mostly gone the Aussie way in the UK over the past decade unless you’re taking to a pensioner.

      Just the yanks now

      • kip@piefed.zipEnglish
        9·
        15 天前

        I’ll confirm this, my english mother in her 70s who happily uses swears of all strengths up to and including fuck used to screw her face up in a scowl if you dropped a cunt in conversation, but now doesn’t bat an eye

    • 48954246@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      15 天前

      Context is very important there. I definitely wouldn’t recommend calling random people in the streets cunts