This is the distinction I often find between Europe and America, the range of understood swear words up here - and the myriad ways they can be combined, means e

This is the distinction I often find between Europe and America, the range of understood swear words up here - and the myriad ways they can be combined, means eloquent swearing is far more possible. One of the most glorious scenes in the Matrix is the Merovingian swearing in French. The Wire's "let's do a whole scene of F-bombs" was an amusing one off, but mainly as satire of the overwhelming nature of its use on the other side of the pond.