okay guys welcome to love English today we've got a great lesson for you
very British ways of swearing without using the f-word f-word yeah do you mean fiddlesticks?
no but that is an example of a very British way of swearing fudge
is it fudge? Fudge is another f word that you could use in replacement of that one
we're very British and we do need to swear sometimes but there are more
polite ways of doing it so these are our top 10 indeed
as British ladies we like to think we're a little bit like our Duchess yes of
course the lovely Kate Middleton I couldn't imagine her saying the f-word
no no so listen up guys here are our top 10 so the first one was actually the
word you mentioned Fiddlesticks very cute cute British polite not
offensive in the slightest no so you can of course use fiddlesticks
or fudge yes fudge yeah a very nice British sweet - you might you
might sound a little bit like you're a member of the royal family
but you might also sound very polite and very genteel but still being able to
express your frustration yes exactly fiddlesticks okay now number two
this is a little bit more rude to be honest and it said quite a lot in
Ireland it's quite a popular swear word in Ireland with a stronger r yeah it is
arse which is your bottom yes but we use it as a swear word and it's not that rude
but you wouldn't say it at work but it's it's not that bad yeah yeah
arse or ass? so I sometimes I say ass to be more American but probably if I'm
swearing I'll say arse number three a little bit more impolite
but not terrible referring to a part of the male anatomy
Balls
this can of course be referring to tennis but I doubt it perhaps perhaps it
is let's say let's say it is tennis, we would often say balls when we make a mistake
or where we get something wrong balls yeah but let's just be nice and
think it's about tennis think about Roger Federer hitting the ball into the
net okay number four everybody this one actually I say this one quite a lot but
it is quite rude unfortunately yeah it's bugger bugger yeah when you're you're
cross with yourself about something you think oh bugger I forgot to pay for the
parking oh bugger I forgot to pay my bill you can say oh bugger it as well if you're
fed up and you don't care anymore oh bugger it yes exactly
we're not going to explain bugger and we don't recommend you google it either yes
it's quite rude it is but don't you worry but when we actually that rude when we use
it we don't really associate it with the actual meaning which you can refer to
something sexual yeah so we do say in quite an innocent way yeah it's it's not
as bad as it sounds so just be aware of that your teachers are not that rude no
okay number five I don't know why I'm always getting the words that refers to
the male anatomy she did it she planned this
okay bollocks it is again referring to part of the male anatomy but it is
really a very British way of swearing we're trying to teach you real British
English and we have to be honest bollocks
when you make a mistake when you're fed up when you're angry oh bollocks yeah it's a very
British way to swear it's not very American way to swear it's very typically
British if you watch the film Four Weddings and a funeral or Notting Hill
you'll see this word yeah actually it almost sounds quite posh
yeah I think it's mostly in most of Hugh Grant's scripts yes exactly he says oh bollocks
you know I've parked in the wrong place or that man took my girl or whatever
yeah bollocks, so moving on to number six now this one is very common but it sounds worse
than it is again it's bloody hell mmm bloody we say all
the time like oh the bloody weather or oh well you know the bloody wrong
channel or the bloody programme is the wrong one again something like that we say
about everyday problems we use it a lot yeah I think this is probably the most British way of
swearing it is bloody hell or bloody yeah exactly but bloody hell is a bit
stronger than bloody and say all the time like oh bloody hell I've woken up
late it's missed my alarm oh bloody hell, I think you've explained that perfectly thank you but very
British very very british get the pronunciation right bloody bloody bloody
hell okay number seven I think again not quite as British as number six
but sod it, sod it again instead of saying f**k it you can say sod it meaning you
know oh sod it I made a mistake yeah or I give up often yeah I give up
yeah you're right Sabrah yeah it's like you're waiting in a long queue which the British love
to queue it happens a lot it's true, you might be waiting for 20 minutes in the queue
and then you think you know I'm never gonna reach the end of this queue sod it
I'm leaving I'll do this another time number eight now this one is American as
well as English it's crap yeah we can say this we say this for lots and lots
of things so we might say something is crap so you can be used as an adjective
or as a noun as something to exclaim about yeah oh crap!
yes exactly oh crap yeah what would you say about Leila, I've burnt the dinner oh crap! That's a very good example, I
keep forgetting to pay bills that's my go-to example yours is about dinner
okay so yes oh crap or you can also say something is crap like oh what a crap
movie or oh that was you know a crap lesson yeah hopefully you won't say that
about this lesson no me too and of course we're in England so what crap weather
we're having at the moment, exactly yeah but we can also say what can we say instead
of crap we can say crappy yeah exactly you can say something is crappy which is
very American you can say oh this brand of cheesecake was crappy you know or I
don't know had a crappy day you know I had a rubbish day it's kind of more like
the word rubbish yeah yeah you're right oh she's on a
roll today okay number nine is not a new word but we're
teaching you a new way to pronounce it now this word saying it not saying it
well I'm going to so they understand the difference in pronunciation shit yes
okay shit here's a very British I think one step below the F word yes quite as
strong swear word if you want to sound a little bit more sophisticated yeah or not
quite so rude yes yeah then you would change the 'i' to I okay
pronouncing it as shite we do that in an attempt to sound a little bit more
polite yeah but it's also quite Irish it's more the Irish would say shite
that's there that pronunciation of shit is shite yeah so 'i' or I shit or shite
there you go great next number ten nice innocent one for
you this one guys now in England it can be offensive to say oh my god
see how people say it very often it actually can be a little bit offensive
so if you prefer not to blaspheme as this is called blasphemy because it's
it's exclaiming against God you could say oh my days or oh my gosh
so I actually quite like oh my days it's quite a fun cool expression see I prefer
oh my gosh . Do you? It's very lady like actually yeah oh my gosh is very
ladylike and yeah this is one I do say sometimes actually I say oh my gosh
yeah trying to get again not offend anybody that might be religious but you
can also say in a good way it's - exclaims to show enthusiasm or show
emotion about something so if I see a gorgeous dress I might say huh oh my
gosh that's gorgeous, or if I see a lovely car I might say oh my gosh look at that
Ferrari or a handsome man walking down the street oh my gosh so they were our top
10 ways to swear without sounding rude and of course sounding very British yes
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