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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be fine with what the heck but not what the frick. And I curse like a mofo when around adults only.[/quote]

*nods grimly*[/quote]

So weird. The actual intent behind fu*k, frick and heck is exactly the same. Is it the resonance of the specific syllables that creates a problem or is it the idea itself? I just don’t get it.[/quote]

There's some evidence that swear words share some linguistic patterns across language.  In English we tend to swear with hard consonants.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/10/world/swear-word-similarities-cec[/quote]

In English, I always heard swear worlds more often derive from pre Norman invasion words.  Those are not French derived and tend to be shorter and more harsh.
In Mexico some of the swear words are derived from native languages which is why no one in Spain will say ch —.  
Swear words have a long history among the oppressed and as a mechanism of resistance to oppression.  So everytkme you say f— that, you can remember the 11th century Anglo-Saxon peasant paying crushing taxes to a newly arrived normal overlord.  Fight the power, little children.   [/quote]

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