re: #166 Sergey Romanov

Sorta :) Thanks for helping to bring my swearing hierarchy in order.

(The reason I asked in the first place is that I’m always fascinated when I see “H—l” and “D—n” in older texts.)

It’s odd how these things change, and vary from region to region.

When I was in high school, we all said ‘bloody’ a lot, which is not American usage at all. We used it to sound British and cool, but we also liked it because it wasn’t ‘real’ cursing, and didn’t sound tacky or profane to us. Not like saying ‘fuck’ or something.

I learned the hard way, living in England, that ‘bloody hell’ actually is strong speech there.