ooooh, take THAT, ex-colony!

[waider]

Most British swear-words have a history longer than that of the United States itself...

The BBC's h2g2 discusses swearing.

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[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

Not unlike that page, which dates from 2002. ;)

[waider.livejournal.com]

Actually, aside from that one-liner, it's a poorly-written piece that could do with a good editing. If only to remove all the bowdlerising, although maybe BBC's content policy would prohibit that.

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

Indeedy. Someone on my LJ friends list posted a link to it 6-12 months ago (possibly merde, but i'm not sure) and my reaction was, "Some interesting stuff, but not very well put together."

[wisn.livejournal.com]

Lots of words Americans use are older than the United States. Funny, that.