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I am German. German culture does not have the Anglo Saxon obsession with swear words to begin with. The US/British obsession with keeping dirty words from child
by Certhas 2y ago
I am German. German culture does not have the Anglo Saxon obsession with swear words to begin with. The US/British obsession with keeping dirty words from children's ears is a never-ending source of amusement for me.
I think you missed my point. "As universal as you will find" does not mean universal. It means There is nothing "more universal" - no word understood as a swear word by more people. There is no absolutely universal swear word. Obviously.
But English is spoken by a lot of people, most of them not native, most of whom don't have a native word that sounds like cock as a first association.