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millak
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My experience is that this doesn’t apply to the see you next Tuesday word, at least here in Canada. It’s seen as very offensive according to the Canadians I know. Speaking as a Brit, that word is thrown around quite casually in the UK!
reaperducer
on Nov 22, 2018
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That's what I meant by reciprocity.
Brits have their own quaintness filter for some of the words that NorthAms see as out of bounds.
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For clarity's sake, and as a demonstration against censorship: "cunt"
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