Originally posted by indefine at 16-1-2010 04:37
since we are on the topic of language, and dont flag me for swaying a bit off topic here, but why does some cultures, ie. english/chinese base their swear words off of sex, (ie. diu, fuck) while frenc ...
It is because in some countries/cultures religion stands strong, like in france.
In countries where religion (as in christianity, islam, judism) stand strong, words that are offensive in that context hurts more, like telling people satan will come take them (as we do where i come from!
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I can well imagine that chinese swear words are a lot about sex, as this often is a subject of tabu over there.
Swearing about god and satan will have no effect