I'm Australian and I think a large portion of us use swear words almost like punctuation. Of course it depends on the social context. I'm not going to be swea

I'm Australian and I think a large portion of us use swear words almost like punctuation. Of course it depends on the social context. I'm not going to be swearing much at all at work and still feel a little startled (not offended, just surprised and maybe vaguely uncomfortable) when my manager drops an F-bomb or two. Yet around friends and family, F-bombs (and C-bombs [1] around close friends!) are almost used like exclamation points, purely to draw emphasis and attention to a statement. I can only conclude it's one of those cultural things. So while I respect that some people find swearing deeply offensive and particularly only useful to offend, that's a really alien concept to me. [1] F-bomb and C-bomb are slang terms referring to f..k and c..t respectively.