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, Media Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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February 11th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Wow, don’t have a sociological thesis to jam on here, just an opinion or two.
On the whole, have to give the overall Crown of Curse to the English. That said, there are several up and comers in the competition- oddly enough all having mainly English as the national language- The Aussies, the Kiwis, the Scots, the Yanks, and of course the Irish. Why the f*ck you suppose that is, eh c*cksuckers?
Hailing from Chicago, would like to think we rank at least top three for cities- start with our foul mouthed half wit goon mayor, check the FBI tape transcripts of the stooge former Governor and his sewer mouthed wife that live here, and then work from there.
Oh, and then ram it sideways up your festering bloody she slits, you a*smunching scrotum faced f*cksticks.
Have a nice day!
February 11th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
The reason for this is obvious. The British have to let off steam somehow. Their political system is now a police state. People can be searched for no reason. There are cameras all over the place. What used to be a symbol of pride, the royalty, is now a mockery. They figured that the new royalty would lead the way so they tried to make them heroes but they only showed their true racist roots and true ignorance. The British government used to know its own people and used to be a government of law and order but now they are competing with the silly French. Thus, they allowed their own people to drink at all times of day and night. The results are obvious. The police has given up and the dumb politicians are not repealing the stupid laws but rather placing band aid solutions. The British can no longer enter certain sections of England for fear of being beaten up for gangs. The British dare not make such a complaint for fear that they will be accuse of being racist and end up in jail. So, what is the only thing the British can do? Swear! That is the last bastion of hope for the British. Yes, swearing and beer! Thank you. Go to hell Brown et all!