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Due to [[Separated by a Common Language|the nature of language]], this trope very quickly leads to [[Values Dissonance]] depending on cultural differences. "Bloody", "cunt" and "twat",<ref>"wanker," "fanny," "hobknocker"</ref>, just to name a few words, have ''very'' different connotations on both sides of the Atlantic. And that's just the differences within one single language. (For example: In Dutch, no one would bat an eye at the English "shit",<ref>Is considered only slightly more offensive than saying "crap" or "oh, poop" in English</ref>, and few eyebrows are raised by "fuck", "hell" or even "cunt".<ref>Dutch puritans will forgo these three in exchange for increased use of "shit"</ref>. The Dutch word for "cancer" (kanker), however, is considered the single most offensive curse word in the entire language, and will ''never'' be heard on television unless it's... well, a [[Precision F-Strike|'''Precision K-Strike]]''', so to speak.) While like many other English words, the word "fucking" exists with only a minor variation in German (''ficken''), it's only used as a verb and almost never as a curse word, which results in quite a number of [[Blind Idiot Translation|blind idiot translations]] that just sound weird. (The word "shit" (''Scheiße'') and its variations are almost always used in exactly the same way as the word "fuck" in English.)

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