The Psychology of Swearing

By Alex in Everything Else on Aug 3, 2007 at 4:52 pm

I’m excited to start a new collaboration with ABC World News Webcast. from time to time, we’ll feature a fun-filled, bite-sized video clip from the website. Like this one:

Ever F#@$*! wonder why we curse in the first place? Do curse words actually harm people? Is cursing more common than ever before? How old are the F- and S-words anyhow?

In this ABC World News webcast, Timothy Jay, the author of Cursing in America, lets you in on the answers: The Psychology of Swearing

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Adam Stanhope
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Excellent job hooking up with ABC News people, Alex!
Paul
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 5:29 pm
a fun-filled, bite-sized video clips

Does anyone at Neatorama speak English as a first language?
Jerse
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
How come everyone had a Boston accent?

That’s sexist.
DCer
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Why is the swearer a person of color? Is he the host?
Alex
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Filled with fun stuff: fun-filled, short and sweet: bite-sized.

English isn’t my first language, but it’s my experience that most native speaker butcher the language anyhow. At least on the Internet.
Paul
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I apologize for sounding like the language police. But your plural usage is awful. It’s “fun-filled, bite-sized video clips,” not “A fun-filled, bite-sized video clips.” Also it should be “native speakerS butcher the language…” And you’re right, they do. But that’s no excuse. Be a better blogger today!
ssmith
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Obscenity is the crutch of the inarticulate, motherfuckers.
Alex
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 11:25 pm
No apologies needed, Paul – actually, my spelling is worse than my grammar. Only gail, who is an English teacher, writes perfectly on Neatorama.
Alex
Aug 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Plural words always trip me – that and past/present tenses. My native tongue (I grew up speaking Indonesian) has no pesky plural, tenses or gender-specific pronouns.
L
Aug 4th, 2007 at 2:17 am
At least you didn’t have to learn to speak French, Alex. Then you’d have masculine and feminine nouns on top of everything else. I never did get the hang of those…
Paul
Aug 4th, 2007 at 6:45 am
Well I’ll admit that my Indonesian totally sucks; so does my french, her, and I took 3 years in high school, him!
Retrokatze
Aug 5th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
@ L:

*heh* Try German. We got three pronouns: masculine, feminine and neuter. And cases. Mustn’t forget the cases!
onur
Sep 10th, 2007 at 5:48 am
:AS

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