8. How to swear in English

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9 October 2013 by qsepodcast

Swear words are used a lot in English — sometimes on purpose, sometimes by accident. Either way, it’s one of those areas that learners quickly stumble across.

In this month’s podcast, we take a closer look at this fascinating area of English. How does swearing work in English? When should we do this language and (more importantly) when should we not use it?

Enjoy.

As always, here are some extra tasks for you to enjoy. First, here are the answers to last month’s task about jokes.

Click here for the answers to Doctor Doctor.

And here is a task connected with this month’s topic. See if you can correctly categorise the swear words used in these sentences into one of the five groups explored in this month’s podcast.

Click here to read Swearing in English.

Lastly, just for fun, here is the periodic table of swearing: a comprehensive (and pretty funny) list of almost every swear word or combination of swearwords in the English language.