Press-Ipsos poll. Two-thirds said they think people swear more than they did 20 years ago. And as for, well, the gold standard of foul words, a healthy 64 percent said they use the F-word -- ranging from several times a day (8 percent) to a few times a year (15 percent)." aspiring pedant said, Sorry, I feel I'm being a bit of a cunt here and I really shouldn't say this but you rob a person or a bank, using force or the threat of violence; whereas you steal a car, a bag of money or an idea. Also, the plural of Nazi is Nazis; no apostrophe is necessary. I like your idea about Geordies being direct descendants of ancient Rome and I suppose with Hadrian's Wall nearby they probably are. aspiring pedant said, cosste said, The word Cunnus is from the same shape as the word wedge, and refers to the shape of "lady parts". Why we ended up using "vagina" which means sheath of the sword. It seems almost a shame we don't call a penis a "gladdus" it would make the joke more obvious. Fuck is from old Germanic, fricken meaning "to plough or to strike", again a very juvenile way to refer to sex, but one that has stuck through a good few centuries. This is pretty much the only badscience topic I have ever been able to comment on meaningfully, Let's hear it for my humanities degree ! Lethe said, Going back a few posts