'swear words' as they are known are translated into various languages as seen in subtitles of movies. Which languages originated such words like the F word and S word and C word etc etc and how did they end up translated into other languages?

Friar Tuck

Most of the swear words are of anglo saxon origin and are the same in any language. It is amusing to hear somebody rattle of something in their mother tongue and still be able to intersperse it with these swear words. New swear words are now beginning to enter everyday use thanks to such programmes as Farscape i.e. Frell which I personally prefer to the usual 'f' word which now has lost its meaning in its over use.http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/farscape/swearing/clip0.shtml Nov 27 02, 4:07 PM

mk2norwich

I can't get that link to work. I do know, however, (and I've read this from several sources so it MUST be true) that the English 'F' word is a corruption of the German word 'Ficken'. As for the 'C' word, 'Crikey' is English through and through.... Nov 27 02, 6:58 PM

Friar Tuck Again

I had forgotten to put a space between the full stop and http. The correct link should be http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/farscape/swearing/clip0.shtml Nov 27 02, 7:02 PM

Fosse4

Possibly because the words (or equivalent words) already existed in the language to which they were translated - every language has it's 'swear Words' which when translated back to English may not be immediately obvious as to their meaning - German 'Ficken' I think means 'to strike' (That is 'to hit' which is not apparently obvious in the English swear word) Nov 27 02, 7:57 PM