The Psychology of Swearing - Neatorama

I'm excited to start a new collaboration with ABC World News Webcast. from time to time, we'll feature a fun-filled, bite-sized video clip from the website. Like this one:

Ever F#@$*! wonder why we curse in the first place? Do curse words actually harm people? Is cursing more common than ever before? How old are the F- and S-words anyhow?

In this ABC World News webcast, Timothy Jay, the author of Cursing in America, lets you in on the answers: The Psychology of Swearing

Excellent job hooking up with ABC News people, Alex!

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a fun-filled, bite-sized video clips

Does anyone at Neatorama speak English as a first language?

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How come everyone had a Boston accent?

That's sexist.

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Why is the swearer a person of color? Is he the host?

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Filled with fun stuff: fun-filled, short and sweet: bite-sized.

English isn't my first language, but it's my experience that most native speaker butcher the language anyhow. At least on the Internet. :)

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I apologize for sounding like the language police. But your plural usage is awful. It's "fun-filled, bite-sized video clips," not "A fun-filled, bite-sized video clips." Also it should be "native speakerS butcher the language..." And you're right, they do. But that's no excuse. Be a better blogger today!

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Obscenity is the crutch of the inarticulate, motherfuckers.

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No apologies needed, Paul - actually, my spelling is worse than my grammar. Only gail, who is an English teacher, writes perfectly on Neatorama.

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Plural words always trip me - that and past/present tenses. My native tongue (I grew up speaking Indonesian) has no pesky plural, tenses or gender-specific pronouns.

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At least you didn't have to learn to speak French, Alex. Then you'd have masculine and feminine nouns on top of everything else. I never did get the hang of those...

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Well I'll admit that my Indonesian totally sucks; so does my french, her, and I took 3 years in high school, him!

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@ L:

*heh* Try German. We got three pronouns: masculine, feminine and neuter. And cases. Mustn't forget the cases!

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:AS

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