Sir Billy Connolly once famously rubbished the notion that swearing suggested a person had a poor vocabulary. “Rubbish,” he said. “I know thousands of words – but I still prefer f***.”Billy is considered by many to be the connoisseur of cursing and his role in challenging the social taboos around bad language are explored in a fascinating new documentary about swearing’s place in our society.
From the first published use of the F-word 500 years ago to new research revealing Scottish swearing is more affectionate than aggressive, the programme is, frankly, b****y fascinating.Below, director John MacLaverty gives Paul English the lowdown on low language.There was a lot of swearing in the BBC Scotland programme Real Kashmir FC last year,
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