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What’s the matter with censoring profanity in North America? In Europe, it’s just part of life and most people don’t give a fuck. I honestly would love to know

• ksaj 7y ago
  Western "swearing" has a weird past. Look at the word "piss." We are taught to say "pee" as if kids can't figure out that it's the initial letter of the word they are trying (not) to say, putting it in the same category as "the eff word." Where it gets wild is how often the word appears in the Bible, in the phrase "he who pisseth against the wall," which referred specifically to men, as opposed to women who wouldn't typically urinate in this fashion. As a kid, I used to use the word "pee-eth" as a joke because of it.