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Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim (www.theguardian.com)

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Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

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[–] tipicaldik@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

She married her HS sweetheart who's been driving since he was 14. His parents took over ownership of one of our area's tracks several years ago (there are 4 within a fifty mile radius of us) and my daughter's been scoring the races for them ever since. I did it with her for a couple of seasons back when she first started. Fun stuff...