The most popular swear word in Austria is Austria...?

@delegatevoid neither would those in Switzerland… (seems a bit TOO neutral for my taste so I’m pinging @RalphBassfeld here) @golgaloth

@alexskunz @delegatevoid @golgaloth Being a multi-lingual country means there isn’t an official most common swear word. French- and Italian-speaking regions use swear words from their respective languages. In German-speaking areas, many swear words are derived from local dialects and may not always have direct equivalents in Standard German or English. I swear in four languages in Switzerland (including bloody f* English)

@RalphBassfeld @alexskunz @delegatevoid Yeah, I'm getting that a lot. The story is set in a version of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and the sweary character is far west, modern day Ukraine, so she would probably swear in Ukrainian, but then the Ukraine language was devastated by the Russian occupation, so maybe more Hungarian? I might just stick to English.

@golgaloth what time frame is it set in? That would certainly have an impact.

@transitionalaspect An alternative timeline somewhere around 1800 - 1830 (maybe 1840)

@golgaloth spoiler alert, we do: fuck, shit, motherfucker, godverdomme, ffs, the list goes on...

@golgaloth is this picture AI generated slop?
Because I live in Czechia and "Ptcka" doesn't mean anything. It's not a word. Not even in local dialects.
And I have doubts about Slovakia too.
In many ways we (as former Czechoslovakia) might be closer to Poland and use Kurva (with v instead of w)

@alexskunz @golgaloth

That I wouldn't have picked up on. My German is even worse than my Spanish, but it seems like almost everyone in Austria speaks some English, so it was never an issue for me.

The Turkish part is incorrect also

@golgaloth @viennawriter some suggestions?

@golgaloth Oida. It's the most popular word in Vienna period and it has so many meanings, among others it's a cussword.

PS: And that map is probably AI generated, so hiding it as sensitive would be nice.

@paula More mid-nineteenth century but that's good.

@golgaloth @paula For mid-nineteenth century @abuerkl might have some ideas. For contemporary Vienna I can confirm Oida as the most popular swearword.