'If you stub your toe and say ‘fiddlesticks’, you’re not going to feel better.' Ireland has been labelled the biggest swearers by Guardian readers.
found that many believe the Irish have the most relaxed attitudes to swearing.
Another answer read, “F*ck off can be anything from humorous dissension to mild disbelief to a threat of violence.”Actress and writer Claudia Carroll said she could only speak for Dubliners, but they are “vehement swearers in the city”.. “For example, the classic ‘abso-effing-lutely'.” “You see a lot of nations that come here who are more conservative enough and expressing shock at how much we swear,” she said.
“Americans are now shocked by our swearing?" he said."Come on - the Americans are always shocked by our swearing."“You do feel better for using it – if you stub your toe and say ‘fiddlesticks’, you’re not going to feel better,” he said.
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