INTERNATIONAL #Dutch broadcaster analyses swearing patterns on Twitter

An analysis of the way 13 different Dutch swear words were used on Twitter during the month of September has revealed sharp regional variations and a nationwide fondness for the k word. Broadcaster Nos found swear words in 46,688 tweets, of which kut was the most popular and used over 19,000 times. ‘The use of language on Twitter is pretty much in line with the way we speak in everyday life so it is not surprising there is so much swearing,’ Lydeke Roos, of language lobby group Onze Taal said. 

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