The Sopranos Swearing Is No Match For Rooney And The Top Ten British Swear Words
THE following video features every swear word uttered on The Sopranos in chronological order. (NSFW.)
Anorak is both shocked and saddened by the video. Who knew that for all its excellence The Sopranos centred on just two swear words: f*** and s***.
Britishers see more swearing – and more fluent swearing – when Wayne Rooney appears on a tea-time footy match in purple-puss HD digital close up.
For such reasons football was once considered for broadcast at 1am in the morning, and only then scrambled to prevent anyone under 18 from tuning in. And with Rooney’s face pixilated or overlaid by one of the Jonas Brothers.
We are a nation of lip readers, happy to see the c-word but not necessarily hear it. Although.
Rooney’s swearing was marketed to Americans as a chance to slip an advert break into the game proper, with no need to wait for a corner, throw in or Mexican wave. If they take up the game in droves, Rooney could be mouthing off as Patrick Moore looks at the rings around… well, you know the rest.
Rooney’s one big regret must that he never bacame a TV chef, thus able to construct an entire persona on effing and bliding.
High time for those American Spelling Bees to expand the country’s language with words that can the locals can slip into every day conversation.
Hereunder is Anorak’s Top Ten Swear Words. You don’t have to know what they mean – you just have to use them.
Beforee that this study: Swearing and offensive language – severity rating – Source: Delete Expletives? Researched by NOP for the ASA, BBC, BSC and ITC
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Cunt |
83 |
13 |
3 |
1* |
1 |
1 |
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Motherfucker |
79 |
15 |
4 |
2* |
2 |
2 |
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Fuck |
71 |
22 |
6 |
1* |
3 |
3 |
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Wanker |
37 |
37 |
22 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
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Nigger |
42 |
26 |
14 |
18 |
5 |
11 |
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Bastard |
33 |
33 |
25 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
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Prick |
26 |
36 |
29 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
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Bollocks |
25 |
32 |
34 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
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Arsehole |
22 |
34 |
36 |
7 |
9 |
9 |
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Paki |
34 |
26 |
16 |
24 |
10 |
17 |
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Shag |
27 |
28 |
32 |
12 |
11 |
8 |
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Whore |
26 |
33 |
25 |
15 |
12 |
13 |
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Twat |
26 |
27 |
27 |
19 |
13 |
10 |
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Piss off |
18 |
32 |
42 |
7 |
14 |
12 |
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Spastic |
32 |
24 |
16 |
28 |
15 |
14 |
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Slag |
19 |
31 |
33 |
17 |
16 |
18 |
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Shit |
16 |
26 |
49 |
9 |
17 |
15 |
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Dickhead |
16 |
24 |
44 |
16 |
18 |
19 |
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Pissed off |
14 |
24 |
47 |
14 |
19 |
16 |
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Arse |
10 |
21 |
47 |
21 |
20 |
20 |
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Bugger |
9 |
22 |
48 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
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Balls |
11 |
19 |
44 |
25 |
22 |
22 |
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Jew |
20 |
15 |
14 |
51 |
23 |
24 |
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Sodding |
7 |
18 |
45 |
30 |
24 |
23 |
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Jesus Christ |
14 |
13 |
27 |
46 |
25 |
26 |
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Crap |
5 |
15 |
48 |
32 |
26 |
25 |
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Bloody |
3 |
11 |
56 |
29 |
27 |
27 |
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God |
10 |
8 |
23 |
60 |
28 |
28 |
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You might argue that many of those are less swear words then observations. On to The Ten, of which any can be prefaced by the word fuck and any of its rich declensions:
Bugger
Twat
Shite
Prick
Wanker
Dickhead
Prick
Penis
Arsehole
Bollocks
Knob
In the international swearing games, can any team beat the British?
Image: In Yorkshire, this is what passes for a crop circle.
Posted: 10th, February 2009 | In: Key Posts, Reviews Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink
