**Linguistics expert explains why the c-word 'still has the ability to shock'**

_“The sounds are blunt, there are only four sounds in it, it's a very short sharp word. It's normally delivered with quite a lot of emphasis that it's being used as a profanity and for that reason, that still has the ability to shock.”_

🔗 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561134/linguistics-expert-explains-why-the-c-word-still-has-the-ability-to-shock.

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