Do you swear in English or French

[mysty]

Apparently bloody is no longer the most used sweary word in the UK.
That must be a generation thing or very Inglish it's not a word I use. Normally when things go wrong I say f_ck but I do have a short fuse.
All I ever hear from the French is putan, not that I hear that that often.

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[Doug]

Both, merde is the number one in France.
Being in building all of my adult life my vocabulary can be a bit strong at times, especially with frustration of not being able to do what I used to.

[Hotrodder]

Both, merde is the number one in France.
Being in building all of my adult life my vocabulary can be a bit strong at times, especially with frustration of not being able to do what I used to.

I feel your pain.

[Grangela]

I swear in English, French and Dutch. All three at once occasionally. My mother said I’d never be a lady, but I see swearing as a safety valve. I went through a phase of swearing behind my Covid mask, until my husband reminded me that it filtered out a bug not a bug*er.

[Pathca]

If they ever let us go back to working without masks I am going to find it hard to cut out the F***s, B*******s and the This isn’t the Ritz you know that I mutter quietly behind them

[Spardo]

Made me laugh to hear my younger than me French voisine saying 'mer credi' and 'punaise' in much the same way as some polite English speakers say 'sugar' etc.

Sadly, with growing age and anger, I find myself using the 'F' word more frequently but hate to hear it from others. Very prevalent in TV films these days too.

Less strong English curses nowadays are 'Bloody' which really in origin was much worse because it was the blasphemous 'By our Lady'. 'Blimey' and 'Crikey' similarly.

In French I often use 'putain' involuntarily.

[Wilbro]

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Yes, I don't think people realise what they are saying when the mutter Gor Blimey. It's meaning is God blind me!

[niemeyjt]

My long-deceased great aunt always used to say "Pardon my French" after uttering some, usually mild, expletive in English.

[L Austin France]

As a callow youth I was constantly in trouble with my mum who called me a 'Bloodysoddinbugger,' all one word, when things (me) got too much for her.
Other than that I don't think I ever heard her or my old man swear.

[tagh]

My mother used to swear at me but only when my father was not there because he was judgemental, brought up in a no drinking, no brightness, dour old religious family.