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Do you live in an English environment? I think words like butt can sound worse for those of us who don't, since we don't use it colloquially (we use the native
by icebraining 7y ago
Do you live in an English environment? I think words like butt can sound worse for those of us who don't, since we don't use it colloquially (we use the native equivalent), only in more "forceful" cases. Frankly the first that comes to my mind hearing that word is "what what".
Still, I like the name and would be sad if they changed it!
- jszymborski 7y agoI live in a weird mix of English and French (Montreal) :) It's just surprising to me since butt always was less formal than "posterior" and less rude than what we'd more frankly call an "ass". I definitely want to acknowledge that I know not all environments are similar to mine :) I'm just surprised to hear there are contexts where someone might find the phrase "I've fallen on my butt" to be more rude than if any other body part was mentioned. I would have assumed the problem is less the word choice and the fact that people are being rather prude about bodies and their function, much like grade schoolers are like to be.
- olah_1 7y agoEnglish also has the word "but" with only one t. So actual English speakers aren't automatically triggered when they hear the sound of "b-u-t" together. "Scuttlebutt" sounds like a hokey old timey word and it has only one definition. As an English speaker, it's also miles better than "toot"(Mastodon) which has multiple definitions and the most common is "to fart".