“Fuck” Vs “Diu” — English Vs Cantonese Swear Words
December 14, 2009 39 Comments
Fellow blogger Eric Lee was talking about cursing and its effects such as stress relieve, express emotions or even increasing friendliness. Well I loved his post, totally! It is pretty comprehensive, go and read it if you have the time!
One thing I noticed though is that when we Malaysian swear, we automatically add in Cantonese or sometimes Chinese swear words, because apparently English swear words are just not enough.
Fuck is the most common swear word we use in English, and I think it should be the most vulgar. After all it is the most censored word in all western media. But in Cantonese there are so much other variations, “Diu”, “Hai”, “Gao”, “Chat”, “Lan” to name a few. Combine all of them and you can make endless overkill variations.
So, what the fuck, come and lets explore all the fucking words we can find!
