Leon reposted this 🔗 Disparaging Nouns | Forking Mad+ … with some commentary. Got a couple of comments back in turn - so I thought I would pop over to see what was being said in context - because personally I had never heard of ‘walloper’ … Brit here with a ‘lifetime’ in the USA and 6 years .. so far … across the Tasman.
But then he moved on.
Our cousins down-under seem to think a Twat is a vulgar term for vagina.
💬 Entirely written by a human, in Scotland.
… he doesn’t need to go all the way to ‘down under’ - just head a few miles south into Sassenach country they would be similarly offended - though North of Hadrian’s Wall - I would imagine their attitude would be - ‘who the fuck care’s about Sassenachs’. 😂
‘Twat’ is totally different and would refer you to 🔗 wikipedia .. but really, check any dictionary it’s the same .. which is that it’s way worse than fuck .. which seems to be enjoying a bit of a renaissance .. possibly due to Samuel LJ? .. I don’t recall it being on 🔗 George’s list
It’s also a word that I don’t believe I ever heard coming from the mouth of Kevin Bridges - a very funny man from Clydesbank - who does use expletives.
That all said - I do think it important to be aware of others and what is culturally acceptable in all situations .. because it really is the safest way to not find yourself on the wrong side of a weapon because ‘they that sit on t’other side of it’ might not appreciate that you are a Melbournite - and simply take offence at being massively offensive.
I wonder if the ‘human in Scotland’ has ever been in a public place and flaunted the word that Dave Chapelle seems to have become so famous for. My suspicion is that he wouldn’t.