The Language Lab – Swearing

Swearing – we all do it, sometimes. 

Our views on whether swearing is acceptable vary depending on different factors, such as age and the generation we grew up in. But did you know that millennial women in particular tend to swear more than their male counterparts?

UWA Senior Lecturer in Linguistics Celeste Rodriguez Louro joined Joni Boyd for The Agenda to explore whether this is true and why more Gen Y women tend to swear more.

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