Science

“Swearing has been around for centuries and is an almost universal human linguistic phenomenon. It taps into emotional brain centres and appears to arise in the right brain, whereas most language production occurs in the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain. Our research shows one potential reason why swearing developed and why it persists.”

Science is science, right?  It is okay to swear every once in a while.  I like to think of it as a precise form of punctuation.  It helps with a crooked nail, stuck bolt or particularly frustrating situation.
Posted by Cultural Offering at 4/22/2011 5:27 AM
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