duderium comments on Are "God damn", "damn" and "hell" really considered curse words in America?

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If I encounter an American who uses words like “darn” or “gosh” I strongly suspect that I’m speaking with a person from a Protestant background, and I do the best I can to minimize our interactions.

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[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Jusko, does that not apply to Catholics as well?

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[–] duderium@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

I’ve encountered churchgoing Catholics who swore just as much as anyone. If I had to generalize, I would say that avoiding swears is more of a Protestant/Mormon thing.

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[–] machinya@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

wait. so "gosh" is just a way of saying "god" without swearing? i (non native english speaker) always used it because it sounded cute but i never did the connection with that

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[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Someone I know who would 'ironically' drop the F-slur, in a bid to be hyper-dirtbag Left, now unironically says "gosh" in an attempt to seem mature or professional or whatever.

Can't stand this shit.

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[+] quickquestion@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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