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When the word causes offense

not no definitely no to that yeah would you slap someone who used it if you would say it on your grandmother oh really yeah okay but you you refrain from using it yeah because y...

Course: Inside British cultureSection: The C-word in Australian EnglishSubtitles: en

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it's

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not no definitely no to that

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yeah would you slap someone who used it

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if you would say it on your grandmother

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oh really

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yeah okay but you you refrain from using

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it yeah because you know that's not it's

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just bad to say I don't like saying it

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does it feel it feels bad you say yeah

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and how would you put it in a sentence

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do you want me to say it yeah like if

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someone's making a joke at you or if

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they've made a good joke or something go

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ah Mei you're a real funny one other guy

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said you can be a funny yeah you can be

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anything any adjectives it's very

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flexible it can be used as a bad way as

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well I think if you probably use the

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word on its own it's probably more of

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yeah it's a bad word yeah

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for example I've my mum I've said

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someone oh this person's are real that

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and then I've gone but she's also a real

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[ __ ] as well my mom's gone you can't

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say [ __ ] don't say that

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see bomb totally totally yes mum's okay

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