Swear words lack the consonant sounds l, r, w and y across several languages -- including Chinese, English and Spanish, according to a new study from researchers at Royal Holloway, University of ...

They also looked at swear words in Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, German and Spanish. The team judged foreign words less likely to be swear words if they contained an approximant.

Swear words are thought to have sounds that help facilitate the expression of emotion and attitude, ... German, Spanish) to rate pairs of imaginary words created by the authors, ...

Swear words lack the consonant sounds l, r, w and y across several languages – including Chinese, English and Spanish, according to a new study from researchers at Royal Holloway, University of ...

What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there’s something else swears across the world’s languages have in common. They ...