Words and cultural differences

[paulpablo]

I guess it's an old fashioned thing, at least where I work and where I live in general, women are treated as more delicate and as if they will be more easily offended than men.

In my work a standard man greeting to another man is "Alright you ugly cunt? You look like you put on weight."  That wouldn't make anyone flutter an eyelid.  If someone said that to a woman there'd be uproar.

I tend to go along with this, I can take it as a joke and it doesn't affect my self confidence. I know the women I know would be more offended by things like this so I don't do it, they're pretty nice to me so I'm pretty nice to them. I suppose I might drop the C bomb if a woman was horrible to me for some reason.

As for racial slurs there's a hierarchy of offense in my culture. Nigger is at the top, followed by paki, then whatever else, kyke, chink, cracker, honkey.

[Silver]

Kind of like the word faggot.



In the British culture, it's a cigarette. In 'Murican culture, it's a fudge-packer.

[paulpablo]

Kind of like the word faggot.



In the British culture, it's a cigarette.  In 'Murican culture, it's a fudge-packer.

haha no that's not right.

If you say faggot that will be very insulting to gay people.  Fag means cigarette here.  Fag can be insulting to though, but it's considered an Americanism.

[Seraphina]

Cunt somehow evolved into a very insulting and derogatory term here in the US, compared to the UK where I know it's not quite as offensive. I've heard a few female friends say that's the insult they hate the most.
But there are a lot of differences between UK English and American English.
Pussy just sounds better. It flows off the tongue easier than cunt, which sounds like a grunt one makes after getting beaned in the face with a soccer ball.

-Teresa

[emjay]

Kind of like the word faggot.



In the British culture, it's a cigarette. In 'Murican culture, it's a fudge-packer.

I hate the word faggot... I don't mind being called our word... poof... at all (well, less) cos it's almost playful in a way, or it can be made to feel that way... generally it's used more lightly I think, but I'd hate to be called a faggot; that word is much more raw and horrible (imo). Indeed, the most hurtful homophobic remarks I've come up against were from Brits using the word fag/faggot instead of poof, since that word does seem to be catching on a bit over here.

[brewer]

USA, cunt = skanky bitch X 100

The lethality may vary based on body type.