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In Glasgow, among certain subcultures, 'fuck' or 'fucking' is basically meaningless. I one took a long taxi trip across Glasgow. The driver was cheery, amiable
by david-given 11y ago
In Glasgow, among certain subcultures, 'fuck' or 'fucking' is basically meaningless.
I one took a long taxi trip across Glasgow. The driver was cheery, amiable, very Glaswegian, and almost incomprehensible; and I'm Scottish! I could understand about 50% of everything he said, because 50% of what he said was 'fucking'. He used it as an adjective on (as far as I could tell through his accent) every noun. It seemed to be used as a flavour enhancer --- good things were fucking great; bad things were fucking awful. Rain was fucking wet, the roads were fucking slippery, as it was nighttime it was fucking dark, etc, etc. It certainly wasn't being used in its literal sense.
I'm not part of that subculture, but I didn't find it the slightest bit offensive, merely interesting and rather weird.