Why do Englishmen use the word "bloody" too often?

Answer 1

It derives from By'r Lady (shakespearian English) and is common in some plays or 'by our lady' tranformed to 'Bloody' a mild expletive .

Answer 2

Aah.. you just scratched a wound here.

I used to translate English movies into Turkish for TV. Well, the lips have to match the sentences and in Turkish, we don't have a word to cover the meaning of "bloody" which is suitable to be aired on TV..

I remember loosing sleep over one sentence since the lips don't match because of that bloody word "bloody" :)

I still prefer it to the "F" word that Americans like to use so much in that sense, though.

Answer 3

1.) Who gets to decide how often is "too often"?

2.) A subtlety of the language that is lost on many Americans is that, in Britain, "bloody" is seen a a mild swear word -- like if you or I went around saying "damn" this and "damn" that all the time.

3.) "Wanking" is British slang for masturbating.

Answer 4

You should bloody know that.
As the rev soleil says " Its the same as you should damn well know that". Same as the word Blimey is used a lot. Just a very mild swear word.

Answer 5

I think it is linked to PMS type of thing. They can't get much when the gf is bloody so they use it as a cuss word.

Answer 6

because iys an English swear word- that is acceptable.lv Jo xx

Answer 7

if they are using "f***" too often, then someone will just mix them with the american.

"bloody" is their unique word...=P and for me it sounds better and smoother than the f one...

Answer 8

ilovesy has given you the answer. She deserves the 10 points

Answer 9

Why Americans use the word "f***ing" with approximately same frequency?

Which one is less rude?

Answer 10

That's one way you can tell if someone is British. I'm not British myself and I never use that word.