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Talking Shit in English Posted by on Aug 25, 2015

‘Shit’ is not a polite word in English, but it is a common word none-the-less and therefore worthy of a little attention here on the blog today. Shit is considered a swear word or a bad word in English, and so it is best not to use it around people you don’t know well. Shit…

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Swear Words in British English Posted by on Apr 4, 2012

How is your English swearing coming along? If you have been following the English blog over the past few days then you know that we have been covering the topic in full force. Today we will take a look at some of the specific swear words used in British-English. While many of the same swear…

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Alternative Swear Words in American English Posted by on Apr 3, 2012

Over the last few posts I have been addressing the use of swear words in American English.  While writing these post a phrase my mother used to say when I was younger kept popping into my head.  When I was in elementary school, an age when one really starts being exposed to swear words as…

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Swearing in English Posted by on Apr 1, 2012

Swearing, we all know how to do it in our native languages and we all want to know how to do it in the new languages we learn.  I can vividly remember when I first traveled abroad as an exchange student in my teens how excited I was to exchanged English swear words for…

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