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Curse Words Around the World Have Something in Common (We Swear)

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022Elizabeth PrestonComments Off on Curse Words Around the World Have Something in Common (We Swear)
These four sounds are missing from some of the seven words you can never say on television, and the pattern prevails in other languages too, researchers say.
Tagged Indecency, Obscenity and Profanity, Language and Languages, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (Journal), Research, your-feed-science
Elizabeth Preston
https://www.nytimes.com/section/world

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