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Coming from New Zealand, "cunt" is about as bad as "jerk" or "moron". I saw John McWhorter discuss that "cunt" is one of two unspeakable words to Americans. --
by rgoulter 5y ago
Coming from New Zealand, "cunt" is about as bad as "jerk" or "moron".
I saw John McWhorter discuss that "cunt" is one of two unspeakable words to Americans. -- I think McWhorter's discusison is pretty interesting: https://archive.md/ImjgJ https://archive.md/ImjgJ
- smcl 5y agoI get that swearing is less severe than the US and that "cunt" isn't any worse than other swear words in NZ (it's the same in Scotland). But is it really on the same level as "jerk"? Like could a kid in school say someone was being a "cunt" without being reprimanded by their teacher?
- rgoulter 5y agoAh, you're right. I mainly meant to emphasise how it was a less severe word than in the US.
- kingcharles 5y agoAs a young Brit visiting his American girlfriend I once said out loud in an Olive Garden, "Don't worry about that old cunt." My girlfriend practically died on the spot. [I was talking jovially about a friend of mine who would not in the slightest mind being called a cunt]