Holy Sh*T: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr | Book Review | Swearing in English

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In this episode of Aussie English I review the book Holy Sh*T: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr which takes us on a tour through the history of swearing in Europe.
Are you interested in swearing in English?
Maybe you don't want to swear in English yourself, but you want to know more about the origins of swear words in English and why and how we use them?
Then the book Holy Sh*t: A brief history of swearing by Melissa Mohr is definitely for you.
In today's review, I'll tell you what I think of the book, a bit about swearing in English, and I'll tell you some of my favourite stories from the book as well.

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  • @christosstamato527
    @christosstamato5275 жыл бұрын

    As for swearing in my language...umm... I'm Greek and there's this word in the Greek language: "Malaka(s)" which actually means..."wanker" *BUT!!* It can be used...by anyone...at any place (almost)... and can kind of mean anything.. •You can actually call your friend like that.. •You can use it by.. its actual meaning •You can use it as an insult (obviously) ETC ETC

  • @psycho_m_animations
    @psycho_m_animations5 жыл бұрын

    This was kinda hard to go through cause I don't like swearing. It was an interesting video tho. I like it.

  • @mamymimma
    @mamymimma5 жыл бұрын

    I don't swear, yet I find your video interesting and funny

  • @maebe_me
    @maebe_me4 жыл бұрын

    This gives a whole different perspective on the taunting Frenchman from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail; "I fart in your general direction." xD Also, as for racial slurs, another one from northern Canada is Eskimo - this is highly offensive to the Inuit people, and sadly a word found in some infamous Christmas songs.

  • @devanparis729
    @devanparis7294 жыл бұрын

    I like swearing when I got mad! Mostly people swear a lots mostly honest people

  • @Hosamo7
    @Hosamo75 жыл бұрын

    That is quite interesting to know the history of swearing. However, in Arabic, the worst one would be swearing someone's mother or sister. Also, The word "sharmota" which is equivalent to bitch considered the most harsh one.

  • @kuuso6346
    @kuuso63465 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting video. I'm a portuguese speaker from Brazil, I don't know much about the history of our swearing words, though I assume it's somewhat similar to English, because of the roman/European origin of the language. One thing that differs is the racial slurs, like "negro" for an example, it's a sensitive word, but it's not so much of a taboo and it's not unusual to see white people referring to blacks as negros (and it's other variations) depends on the context.

  • @prabodiperera7573
    @prabodiperera75735 жыл бұрын

    Hi Pete Thank you very much. I have another suggestions for you. Can you please get part of Australian TV Series and describe words and phrases they are use in conversation. There is American KZread Chanel like that and I found it quiet interesting way to learn natural English conversation. FYI please check this KZread channel. Learn English with TV series

  • @christosstamato527
    @christosstamato5275 жыл бұрын

    *WHAT DID I JUST WATCH??* Just kidding 😂 Great and pretty interesting video...and....out of the ordinary.... Keep it up 👍👍

  • @Pkpdotcom
    @Pkpdotcom5 жыл бұрын

    Haha that was so funny and interesting! I kept twitching at every bad words you were saying so I suppose I'm overly polite even if English isn't even my first language 😂

  • @thinkingjohn2099
    @thinkingjohn20993 жыл бұрын

    For me if you are working on a project that is not going so good it is more cost & time effective to swear than to destroy the project and start again besides swearing is stress relief

  • @blackdalia1065
    @blackdalia10652 жыл бұрын

    Swearing gives me a deep, visceral satisfaction in any of the 5 languages I speak. It appears others feel the same way as I do, for example swearing doesn't exist in modern Hebrew, and for that reason all the Arabic swear words are being borrowed and used (so they can agree on something...LOL). I am being told it's not "lady-like" and I agree, however it makes me feel so good, I am not giving it up...lol. Cheers! Great vid

  • @millaoliveira5011
    @millaoliveira50115 жыл бұрын

    Hi, Pete! How is it going? I love your videos... Congratulations! I am Brazilian and I'll study in Brisbane in September, so I would like to know if you could make a video talking about inches because I am a seamstress and here we use another kind of measurement chart. Thanks

  • @kaptainjack5491
    @kaptainjack5491 Жыл бұрын

    Was searching for the e-book on web couldn't found does someone have it?

  • @rameshkaria2124
    @rameshkaria21245 жыл бұрын

    Those lovely blue eyes !

  • @mamymimma

    @mamymimma

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@AussieEnglishPodcast With a little help from your parents ;)

  • @andremoss7994
    @andremoss79945 жыл бұрын

    Great job Pete keep it up

  • @LeaCollingwoodMagpies
    @LeaCollingwoodMagpies5 жыл бұрын

    Very Interesting 😉👍

  • @stevensonbrandazh9480
    @stevensonbrandazh94805 жыл бұрын

    Nice podcast

  • @janaswaysse3906
    @janaswaysse39065 жыл бұрын

    😍😍😍😍

  • @Claude-Eckel
    @Claude-Eckel5 жыл бұрын

    We are here, where the camera lens is, not in your monitor.

  • @r.pmcmurphy13
    @r.pmcmurphy134 жыл бұрын

    I bet Quentin Tarantino probably has multiple copies

  • @VoteforAndrewYang-rn5mw
    @VoteforAndrewYang-rn5mw5 жыл бұрын

    No language swears better than Cantonese

  • @yusuke335
    @yusuke3355 жыл бұрын

    Fucking interesting!! Sorry, no offence. I think people who learn languages tend to use swear words in the beginning that's why it's really interesting to these kind of people like me.

  • @terezafontes6105
    @terezafontes61055 жыл бұрын

    it is not fine,,, brother,,,i dn't like,,,,

  • @dsfhhv2492
    @dsfhhv24925 жыл бұрын

    O my god is not swearing! It's asking for god's help.