Tangential, but I recall a pop sci write up of a paper that claimed the experience of pain was lessened if the experiencer was allowed to swear.
Fact-checking this claim is left as an exercise for the reader, sorry.
Sounds correct to me. Swearing (with whatever words) takes your mind of your stubbed toe.
I don’t think the actual words are relevant to the act of swearing.
Re:Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font
by parenthesis on Sunday May 10, 2020 @10:11AM
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I think I tend to say 'ow' very loudly, and then start swearing at the inanimate object whose fault it clearly was.
You're looking for the wonderful-sounding "Sapir-Whorf hypothesis", which is a great thing to trot out at dinner parties (if those ever become a thing again).
I guess I can see the added value of swearing in Klingon — kind of the reverse of bowdlerization.
You could have wedged a couple of a Klingon swear words in there to give us something to start with. The only Klingon I know is q'pla (sp?).
Fikanta filo de hundino! (Not Klingon, tio estas aĉa aro da merderoj.)
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by andrey_utkin on Sunday May 10, 2020 @10:01AM
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> Is there value in swearing?
For kids, I can definitely see it's value in improving their reputation inside kids community by signaling their "grownup abilities".
I had known few kids who didn't know what swearing was and they never did anything similar to swearing. Is there value in swearing? If not, what's the argument for letting kids learn about it?
It's an interesting thought. Would limiting the vocabulary lead to people expressing less.
Is there any controlled experiment on similar? Can this affect complex thoughts or they can still be conveyed?