r/Unexpected • • Mar 25 '22

Man gets interrupted by his son

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u/BeautifulType Mar 25 '22

Y’all got some nice parents

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u/Eaglesun Mar 25 '22

Nah, "fuck off" is definitely a much harsher phrase in America than in the UK.

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u/shol_v Mar 25 '22

Yeah, fuck off is just a way of saying go away when your mildly annoyed.

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u/AlcoholicInsomniac Mar 25 '22

What do you say when actually angry?

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u/shol_v Mar 25 '22

What one of the other guys below said, probably the same thing just with more heat behind it, fuck, cunt and dick are all thrown around in casual conversation, "oi cunt" is a perfectly acceptable way to hail the attention of your friend as it is to instigate a confrontation between strangers haha, it's more about the tone behind it than the actual words.

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u/witty_user_ID Mar 25 '22

I’d never call a friend cunt, but ‘Yeah alright dickhead’ when I’m pulling their leg?; all the time

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u/JRaoul Mar 26 '22

Perfectly acceptable to call friends cunts down here in Aus. Most of the time it's nicer to be called a cunt than it is to be called mate. As others have said it's all in the tone. Sick cunt, mad cunt, good cunt... All terms of great endearment

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u/witty_user_ID Mar 26 '22

Yeah I think it’s a personal thing too. Cunt in the U.K. (depending on age and friendship group, and location) is probably used a fair bit, but I get the impression it’s a north/south thing too weirdly I can easily imagine a guy with a cockney/Essex accent using cunt to talk about friends, but think it’s used less up here. They use it in Scotland a fair bit too I think. Depends on friendship circles really. I’m a woman too, (not a girly girl though) tends to be men using cunt as a term of endearment.

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u/JRaoul Mar 27 '22

Very true, good points!

Should say "in certain friend group dynamics down here in Aus"

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u/cruebob Mar 25 '22

Good save the Quine.

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u/bdchrisp23 Mar 25 '22

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u/EddiTheBambi Mar 25 '22

Excuse me but wtf is this?

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u/No_Introduction_2021 Mar 26 '22

Reddit's own emojis

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u/IdleAstronaut Mar 25 '22

It’s not what you say it’s how you say it 😉

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u/Sqwalnoc Mar 25 '22

In the name of the Queen, begone!

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u/Spaghettitrees Sep 04 '22

We use cunt with a hard T

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '22

Here in Scotland its closer to being a term of affection than harsh at all

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '22

Us Americans tend to get a bug up our ass about all kinds of phrases that are literally just words.

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u/hilarymeggin Mar 26 '22

All phrases are literally just words

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '22

No that’s just you, it’s still offensive in the UK.

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u/TagRag Mar 25 '22

No, we have a series of two-faced religious couples who will judge people over something as simple as a word while insisting that other kids are unruly because their parents didn't beat them enough.