The amount of swearing that is tolerated is a function of geography. To the rest of the world, Americans are a bit prissy. I'm from Norway. To me a typical Am

The amount of swearing that is tolerated is a function of geography. To the rest of the world, Americans are a bit prissy. I'm from Norway. To me a typical American's reaction to swearing is more offensive than the swearing itself. It offends me because because there being "forbidden words" is indeed a terribly childish notion. In fact, if you are from Norway, it takes a bit of time getting used to the childish reaction most Americans will have even to relatively mild expletives. (And I am not even from the north of Norway where swearing is more or less a byproduct of how the respiratory system works). It is just language. Grow up.