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Let's get to the bottom of this

[(Anonymous)]

reply with where you're from, and your opinion on swear vs curse! I wonder if this is a regional thing because swear sounds perfectly fine to me.

Re: Let's get to the bottom of this

[(Anonymous)]

New England area, USA. Swear seems fine to me.

Re: Let's get to the bottom of this

[(Anonymous)]

let's get to this bottom

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[(Anonymous)]

new york... both are weird to me. we just say the words then apologize later if we have to

"the one that swears a lot"
"the one that curses a lot"
"the one that's always going fuck this fuck that" <- i'd default to this

Re: Let's get to the bottom of this

[(Anonymous)]

New England, USA, Swear is the only one I hear people actually saying. I only know "curse" from books, "uses profanity" seems like a more formal thing that a newspaper might print?

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[(Anonymous)]

It's not swear as a verb. It's 'swears' as a noun.

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[a_potato]

This is it. This is the source of the disconnect.

The phrase "uses swears" sounds childish because it's applying the word "swear" incorrectly. The correct phrasing is, "he's fond of swearing," or "he uses swear words," or "he often swears."

That said, I don't think "uses curses" sounds much better, despite the usage being correct.

Re: Let's get to the bottom of this

[vethica]

Massachusetts, and "swears" sounds more natural to me than "curses".

Re: Let's get to the bottom of this

[(Anonymous)]

I'm from West Virginia. You'd be amazed at just how many of us will actually say "so-and-so said "fuck!"" in public. However, for the super-religious, or those who have an ability to edit themselves, they mostly say "swear", "slur", or "cuss". Also, sometimes, some old person will use the term "bad word".

Re: Let's get to the bottom of this

[(Anonymous)]

UK - both are fine, but curse sounds slightly more American to me.

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[(Anonymous)]

That was exactly my reply. Although to me curses sounds stronger.
That is to me, Jay (Jay and Silent Bob) swaers like he has too to breathe. Whereas if Bob were to use a rude word I'd say curses.... If that makes sense? But yeah both fine

Re: Let's get to the bottom of this

[(Anonymous)]

Scotland! Swear is way more common than curse, which sounds very american to my ears

Re: Let's get to the bottom of this

[(Anonymous)]

England and it's swears. Cursing is casting a magical curse on someone.

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[randomdrops]

Grew up in New England, USA and 'swear' seems the most common or natural to me.

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

[(Anonymous)]

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[nightscale]

UK, both are fine but I think swear might be used more than curse.

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[(Anonymous)]

Washington DC, and I default to "swear" before "curse," but both are normal.

When I think about the way I see the words used in books, "swear" feels more normal as a verb while "curse" seems to be used more as a noun. As in "So-and-so swore" but also "So-and-so let out a string of curses."

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[(Anonymous)]

Canadian living in the Southern USA and I use both 'swear' and 'curse' interchangeably. Now, 'cuss' sounds a little more immature than the other words to me.

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[ginainthekingsroad]

Los Angeles here! I'd use both interchangeably, although I might choose one over the other just depending on the sound of the sentence. I'd default slightly to swear over curse (as a verb or singular nound), but "swears" (the plural nound) is kinda weird. I wouldn't say that. I'd say a character was "swearing under her breath" but not "muttering swears."

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[(Anonymous)]

Southern US and it's swearing or cussing, swear words cuss words, I don't think I've ever heard anyone use curse.

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[starfleetbrat]

Australian here.

"That kid uses a lot of swear words."
"Stop swearing! It's rude"
"She swears like a sailor."
"Fuck that," She swore under her breath.

We never really used the word 'Curse' or 'Profanity' much at all where I live (west of Sydney, I specify as there are definitely cultural variants). I don't recall either being used until I came into contact with American literature. 'Curse' is totally an American word to me. I associate it as such. 'Profanity' less so, but still American to me. It's more formal I guess. I would expect to see it in a news article. Both are words I see more often online now. But 'Swear' is still the word I would use.

I feel like age might have something to do with this too. I'm in my 40s and was a child in the 70s/80s. The internet wasn't really a thing until I was an adult. Maybe 'Curse' is more commonplace for me to see online these days no matter the country because language is learned and the internet is largely American based so with all the younger people growing up online they are more likely to use the word 'Curse' than any regional variation?

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[(Anonymous)]

California, and everything from "she swears" to "he cusses" is fine. But "swear" or "swears" as a noun make me cringe and backbutton every time. "He said a swear," or "she used swears a lot," are things I associate with either five year olds or fantastically shitty fanfic.

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[(Anonymous)]

American Appalachia. Everyone around here uses either swear or cuss, at any age (though I hear more older folk use cuss, less in the way of uptight grandmothers and more in the way that certain regional slang has fell out with the younger generations/the language swinging around to more 'proper' English). I've only ever heard people refer to profanity as curse or cursing in kids books and on TV.

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[(Anonymous)]

Actual Mormon living in Utah born in Florida of Kentucky parents who uses swear and curse (including the southern variant 'cuss') about equally in everyday speech. In my head, I usually call it "Orcish language" due to being such a nerd. Really need to find a good opportunity to actually say it.

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[(Anonymous)]

UK
Swear (he swore, etc), curse (he cursed profusely), profanity (he let loose a string of profanity) are all fine with me.

Swear words - ok, bit meh.

"swears" as in "the film has a lot of swears" is weird and I'd never that. (He swears like a sailor, that would be fine)