why do european, especially italian, kids curse a lot?
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Anonymous
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I live in Italy and hear that kids are allowed to swear. I have heard a lot kids saying "cazzo" (penis) and stronzo (asshole) in interaction with adults and mothers using profanity to their children.
It is normal here, that kids can do things reserved for adults? In Germany it is also common ("Scheiss=shit), the kids use it also at school. |
Anonymous
| Is it people from a particular SES who seem to be cursing a lot? |
Anonymous
no. i live in milan and I'm a bybysitter. The father of the family is a lawyer and the mother a high school teacher. The girls are 5 and 3 years old. |
Anonymous
| Simple- just tie their hands together and they won't be able to talk at all. |
Anonymous
Is being a lawyer still respected over there? Have read that other countries have a glut of lawyers and because it seems like anyone could be one there isn't as much respect for them. Also, lawyers swear a lot. Not sure about teachers though. Aren't they well respected there? |
Anonymous
yes, they were respected. but all people from ever social class swear a lot. but kids, swearing is in my mind only for adults! |
Anonymous
No Italians (I am one.) are not prudes. And they don't baby their kids the way Americans do. They're words, people. I learned all my curse words from my nonna (maternal side). She was fucking hysterical! |
Anonymous
As an Italian, with family both here and in Italy- this made my day. Too funny. |
Anonymous
Yeeeeeeah. And I thought the OP's statement was racist behavior. OP, why don't you (dare) post on an Italian message board and save us all your prejudices? Maybe you would prefer to work for a penny pinching American that can barely afford your services? There is an American saying: Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Also, "don't look a gift horse in the mouth." You sound rather naive. Look up those sayings, and learn to live by them. Wow. Just wow. |
Anonymous
| Penis is a swear word? |
Anonymous
Hehe… that caught my attention as well. |
Anonymous
Che cazzo vuoi? literal translation -Which dick do you want? but really meaning - What the fuck do you want? again, one of my first words . . . cazzo! |
Anonymous
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Cazzo is a very vulgar way of referring to penis.
Anyhow, I am Italian (born in the 80's) and to this day I can't swear in Italian because it was never never OK to do that in my house. Even things like "stupid" were forbidden and considered poor taste. I have friends back home and their kids do not swear at all. BUT I am sure some kids do. I am thinking it might be more tolerated if boys do it rather than girls....In any case, I don't think it is an "Italian" thing. I think it is a parenting thing. BTW, I have no problems swearing in English because I was never conditioned against those swear words and they don't really feel 'bad' to me. So I really have to pay attention not to do it. |
Anonymous
"stupid" is a swear word? |
Anonymous
Because it makes for a more colorful life
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