WTF! Australians Don’t Swear as Much as Others Do Online, Study Shows

US ranks first in swearing

Congratulations, United States. The nation may lag behind in healthcare, education, and life expectancy, but Americans still reign supreme in at least one way—swearing like a bunch of drunken sailors. Linguists in Australia recently analyzed the Global Web-Based English Corpus (GloWbE), a massive database containing over 1.9 billion words from 1.8 million web pages across 340,000 websites in 20 English-speaking countries. In doing so, they hoped…

Study Finds Aussies Swear Less Online Than Americans and Brits

Despite their reputation for colourful language, Australians are more restrained than their American and British counterparts when it comes to swearing online, according to new research led by the University of Queensland. The study analysed over 1.7 billion words of digital content across 20 English-speaking countries. Researchers sifted through blogs, forums, and social media to examine how often vulgar words appeared in written online communi…

Australians swear less than some other nations, research suggests

A global study has determined who is using the most profanities online.

WTF! Australians don’t swear as much as others do online, study shows

The University of Queensland researchers examined more than 1.7 billion words of online content across 20 English-speaking countries.

Surprise as Australians found swearing less than others

Brits and Americans use foul language the most online, according to a study whose lead researcher says Australians...

Australians swear less online than their counterparts in the US and UK, a finding that has surprised researchers, suggesting Australians may be more likely to swear in real life.