Bad words in English
Whenever anyone starts to learn a new language, they are always interested in the bad words. In English we call these words, swear words (British English) or cusswords (American English). I’m no different. When I started learning Spanish, my classmate and I sat down with a Spanish/English dictionary and wrote down every swear word we knew and then we looked up how to say it in Spanish. Our Spanish teacher saw us laughing and came over to us. He asked us to show him what we were doing. I felt so bad! He looked at the list of terrible words and said, ‘Those are some useful words, but you are making some serious grammar mistakes.’ He corrected our Spanish because he realised that making a mistake with these types of words can be embarrassing AND a little dangerous.
Personally, as a teacher, I don’t like teaching swear words because they sound so horrible to me in English. As a native English speaker, I hear and feel the impact of these words, just like you do when you hear swear words in your language. However, I do use these words when I'm with my close friends.
If you are in an English speaking country or have watched movies in English, you will know that native English speakers use them a lot. This is why I’ve written my pdf ebook all about how to use f*ck correctly! If you don’t know what f*ck is, the * is a ‘u’.
Before we start talking about f*ck, there are other swear words that are much less dangerous in English. For example: Damn! Shit! Bloody hell! Jesus! And they are commonly used in nearly all situations. However, I believe the most dangerous, but fun to use is 'f*ck'. So let's talk about it a little more.
Firstly, just because you think you hear it everywhere, does not mean that it is acceptable everywhere. There are times and places, that we don't use it. This is important to know so be careful and read my book before you start using this word!
GRAMMAR OF F*CK
F*ck can be a noun, an adjective, an adverb, a verb, and an infix. It can be used in a funny way, a friendly way, and it can be used in a very aggressive way. If you use it incorrectly, you might sound aggressive instead of friendly. For example, there is a huge difference between:
- F*ck me!
- F*ck you!
The first is very similar to ‘Damn!’ and we use it when we are angry or annoyed about something that is out of our control. For example, your boss tells you that you have to stay late at work. You wouldn't say 'F*ck me!' TO him, but you would say it quietly to yourself or in front of your colleagues when you are complaining about the situation. 'F*ck me! I don't want to stay at work tonight!'
The second is very aggressive and if you say this to someone, you are having a serious fight with them.
There are 60 other ways to use f*ck in my pdf ebook! Originally, I only had 40 expressions, but then I talked to my niece and her husband and they added another 20 expression!
USEFUL LANGUAGE
If you are like me and you don’t want to say swear words, there are ways to avoid saying them. Here are some expressions:
Swear (verb) = to say bad words. Eg. Did you just swear at me? Don’t swear in front of my mum!
Swear words = a bad word. Eg. What’s the funniest swear word that you know?
The f word = This means f*ck. Eg. He says the f word all the time. = He says f*ck all the time.
Far out! Use this instead of f*ck, but say ‘far out’ with passion!
Fudge! Used this instead of f*ck, but say ‘fudge’ with passion!
DIALOGUE
I’m not going to write a dialogue using swear words. However, I’m going to put two links to Instagram stories of Australians using swear words. They made me laugh because everyone know someone who speaks like this in Australia. Don’t click the link if you are going to be offended by bad language!