What many people consider the strongest English vulgarity is derived from the Latin cunnus.
I'm amazed at British TV shows even whimsical gameshows where everyone swears like a sailor. But when someone dares to say the "c word" it's bleeped and everyone gasps.
I recall that the c-word used to be common too, then the idea that it was "the female n-word" was imported from the US.
Re:Scunthorpe Sans – a self-censoring font
by IgorPartola on Monday May 11, 2020 @08:34AM
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As someone who has an Australian friend, the avoidance of that word is definitely not universal.
But not so much in the UK, right?
That's a good point!
The Latin derived versions just make everything so bloodless, so focused on one particular aspect of the concept. They really are the simple words, even if they have more letters.