Probably you have said or heard someone swearing, don't you? The question I've been thinking about is: Why do people swear? ; Does swearing help in anything?
Well, people often swear when one of the following circumstances occurs:- When you forget something
- When you harm yourself
And the functions of swearing might be:
- Add emphasis (for example, in a motivational speech before a rugby/football match)
- Add humour
- Hide fears or insecurities
And now, does it help in anything? The guys of Mythbusters have also think about this and the following video is an extract of the TV show:
Probably it does help in something, but there's nothing for sure. But I can assure that even if it doesn't help in anything, you will continue swearing, because one gets used to it.
Names
Names vary depending of where you are. For example, probably if you live in Latin America, you don't know many people called Sergey, Muhammad or Mahoma. But if you go to Russia (Sergey) or to Arabia, you probably find much more people with this names.
It's very common for people to get wrong the names that come from other cultures. And in many countries, it might be a disrespect for them. For example, when I went to New Zealand, they called me Sebastian, instead of Sebastián, and probably I didn't called them as I should.
Also, depending on your grade of intimacy with the other person, you may call him Mr., Sir or Mate.
Names are often a way to identify someone's socioeconomic group, but this isn't something you can trust too much.
Myth of Venus and Mars
This myth proposes that men speak differently than women. The following are the main differences:
- Language is more important for women (and they speak more)
- Women have more ability in communicating
- Men talk about facts, while women about feelings
- Men use language in a competitive way; women, in a cooperative way.
Every one of this differences make men and women misunderstood sometimes.
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