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Australians swear less than some other nations, research suggests (www.sbs.com.au)
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The University of Queensland study examined more than 1.7 billion words of online content across 20 English-speaking countries, specifically looking for 597 vulgar words.

Using computational methods with linguistics, researchers narrowed down which country was swearing the most online, looking at the frequency of vulgar words.

Even though Australians hold a broad reputation for swearing regularly, the US came out on top for online swearing, followed by the UK.

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We may do it less, but we do it better than those other cunts

That's what matters

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago

There's no way "cunts" was considered a swear word for this research, since it was done by cunts.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

I think it's because their swear words are indigenous and not of the global vocabulary.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

USA #1, Fuck Yeah

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

So, these "other nations" go to a different school, I assume?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

researchers narrowed down which country was swearing the most online, looking at the frequency of vulgar words

Emhapsis mine