You absolute … ! Brits’ inventive way with words instils a certain kind of pride | Digested week
After a poll on unnecessarily crude terms, good news on a male contraceptive – and the restorative nature of a solo trip to IkeaYouGov – which you might have thought would be otherwise occupied as byelection season comes upon us, but no matter – has released the results of a poll on which swearwords people in the UK find most-to-least offensive. I shall not go into details here in a family newspaper. Suffice it to say that the one you’d expect is in first position and “arse” is – ahem – bringing up the rear. Continue reading...
After a poll on unnecessarily crude terms, good news on a male contraceptive – and the restorative nature of a solo trip to Ikea
YouGov – which you might have thought would be otherwise occupied as byelection season comes upon us, but no matter – has released the results of a poll on which swearwords people in the UK find most-to-least offensive. I shall not go into details here in a family newspaper. Suffice it to say that the one you’d expect is in first position and “arse” is – ahem – bringing up the rear. Continue reading...
