It's not only swearing, it's much easier to say "sorry" in a foreign language than in your own. For example in Polish there's 3 words for sorry: - przepraszam

It's not only swearing, it's much easier to say "sorry" in a foreign language than in your own. For example in Polish there's 3 words for sorry: - przepraszam (mostly used when it's a serious matter) - pardon (mostly used ironically or in small matters by old people) - sorry/sorki (mostly used ironically or in minor things by young people)