As is often the case the British interpretation of American Culture leaves much to be desired for.
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Samantha Bee proves there's still one word you can't say in America The C-word has been used from Chaucer to Trainspotting, but this week has shown for Americans it’s still the ultimate tabooArwa Mahdawi
Fri 1 Jun 2018 17.17 EDT Last modified on Fri 1 Jun 2018 17.22 EDT Samantha Bee apologised for calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless c*nt†on her television show. Amid widespread backlash, State Farm and Autotrader have suspended ads from Bee’s TBS show. On Friday, Donald Trump called on ABC to fire the comedian “for the horrible language used on her low-ratings showâ€.
Aside from the debate over whether Bee was wrong to use the word to describe the first daughter, it’s worth asking why the C-word is considered to be the ultimate expression of “horrible languageâ€. Particularly in America, a country which elected a man president after he boasted about grabbing women “by the pu**yâ€, is the word “c*unt†so terribly shocking?
The word is notably more offensive in the US than it is in the UK. While still not common parlance in Britain, it is used far more frequently, in pop culture and casual conversation, than it is across the Atlantic. In Australia, they’re even more relaxed about it. In Australia it’s not strictly a term of opprobrium, but can be neutral or even positive. Calling someone a “good c*nt†means they’re a decent person.
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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/01/samantha-bee-ivanka-trump-c-word-america