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The Sopranos Swearing Is No Match For Rooney And The Top Ten British Swear Words

by | 10th, February 2009

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

Cunt

83

13

3

1*

1

1

Motherfucker

79

15

4

2*

2

2

Fuck

71

22

6

1*

3

3

Wanker

37

37

22

4

4

4

Nigger

42

26

14

18

5

11

Bastard

33

33

25

8

6

5

Prick

26

36

29

8

7

7

Bollocks

25

32

34

8

8

6

Arsehole

22

34

36

7

9

9

Paki

34

26

16

24

10

17

Shag

27

28

32

12

11

8

Whore

26

33

25

15

12

13

Twat

26

27

27

19

13

10

Piss off

18

32

42

7

14

12

Spastic

32

24

16

28

15

14

Slag

19

31

33

17

16

18

Shit

16

26

49

9

17

15

Dickhead

16

24

44

16

18

19

Pissed off

14

24

47

14

19

16

Arse

10

21

47

21

20

20

Bugger

9

22

48

21

21

21

Balls

11

19

44

25

22

22

Jew

20

15

14

51

23

24

Sodding

7

18

45

30

24

23

Jesus Christ

14

13

27

46

25

26

Crap

5

15

48

32

26

25

Bloody

3

11

56

29

27

27

God

10

8

23

60

28

28

*Fewer than 25 correspondents

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.



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