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Re:Think twice about that F-bomb in your next talk by Volpe on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @07:39PM (#3213655)
I think there is a lot of culture behind the appropriateness of swearing.

I find Australian's are much more relaxed about it, than Americans. (purely anecdotal), but I don't think it can simply be categorised as being about 'status' or something else, it's dependent on the culture you are in.

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Re:Think twice about that F-bomb in your next talk by aangjie on Thursday November 10, 2011 @04:59AM (#3219574)
i live in india and among people still closer to the culture, than the modern, savvy crowd... Recently i have found that i seem to swear as a tactic, when i find someone is not listening to my arguments, but just rejecting some of it implicitly...
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