Jon Lincicum wrote: > Given the nature of swearing, it makes sense that the more taboo a > >particular subject is in a given culture, the more likely it is that it >would make a good swear. Kinda interesting social comment there, I would >say. > >Majikjon > > I'm not sure. How religious of a country is France today? And which population in the U.S. is most likely to use religious swearing - the fundamentalists? Or Catholics? There is a tremendous amount of cultural conservativism in swearing. But where this conversation goes to is determining how various cultures in Dragaera swear. It doesn't appear that the Easterners have the same confidence in the everyday existence of gods. Do both cultures say swear by Vera's blood? It is interesting that when Vlad used an unfamiliar curse - he was asked if that was from something that really had been observed (we had observed that yes, it was in fact something real). Can someone look through the text for examples of swearing - and in particular the above example?