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Twitter seems to filter through the prism of US standards of speech. Woe betide you if you're Scottish and use the word cunt. In Scotland there's quite a lot of
by teh_klev 7y ago
Twitter seems to filter through the prism of US standards of speech. Woe betide you if you're Scottish and use the word cunt. In Scotland there's quite a lot of nuance in the usage of cunt. In fact I go so far as to say that the use of "profane" language is a bit of an art form in Scotland, but sadly not appreciated by our Facebook and Twitter overlords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCmFg4xIPI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdCmFg4xIPI
- dragonsngoblins 7y agoDitto in Australia. In fact we even have a saying about it: "Australia: where you call your mates cunt and you call cunts mate". Obviously context and tone play a lot into it and both "cunt" and "mate" can be friendly or threatening/derogatory depending on delivery and circumstance, but I imagine it would be remarkably difficult for people who aren't immersed into Australian culture to figure out which is which based on text alone