On Apr 14, 2012 11:44 AM, "Giancarlo Livraghi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > A correction, fwiw, on "swearing" in Italian. > > > > Italian, for example is primarily blasphemous. > > Actually it isn't. Probably because "religiosity" is declining, "blasphemous" swearing has become rare, practically disappearing. While "scatological", and even more so sex-related, expressions are widely used - to the point of some becoming "normal language".
Fascinating. Thanks! I admit my information is about two decades old. :-) -- Charles
