Charlie, help us fanfic writers and ask blogs. Teach us how you swear in England so we can write England properly
Well, I can say in all certainty I’ve never been asked this before haha! Swearing in England is a little complicated as they’re are combinations that you use and then others that sound weird. I don’t really know how to explain it… So maybe I’ll just give you tips if that helps?
1) ‘Wanker’ and ‘Tosser’ aren’t used very frequently, usually after someone’s being a complete idiot though. Common examples are during road rage, you can shout “WANKER!” Or “TOSSER!” Or even weird variations like “TOSSPOT!” I know its weird, trust me. I think an example would be if say France tripped him up, England would be like “You complete tosser !”
2) 'Bloody hell’ is usually reserved for when you’re surprised in some degree. Say if someone cuts in front of you whilst driving and you have to slam on the brakes, you’d go “ bloody hell !” Before shouting something at them. Another example would be someone telling you that the price of bread in Iceland’s (thats a shop in Britain by the way which makes things confusing) gone up by one pound you’d go “bloody hell!” In surprise. In place of that, 'bloody fuck’ works just as well.
3) Brits tend to use really random words to insult people. If you recall in the dub of the Hetalia movie England calls France 'cheesy monkey’, which as stupid as it sounds, is still an insult.
4) 'Twat’, 'prick’ and 'prat’ are used in kind of the same context. Its also reserved if someone’s being an idiot, though the first can be used in a friendly as well as unfriendly context (say if your best friends acting stupid you’d call them a twat whilst laughing, but you can also yell at someone for being a twat as an insult). Its mainly in a friendly context though. Prick is reserved for insulting in an unfriendly context. Prat can be used like twat in either, but its more for an unfriendly context.
5) We still use the typical swear words like in America, so don’t omit them completely!
I think thats everything - but I hope this is helpful!
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