# 44 - Swearing: a personal cross-cultural comparative study of Hindi and English

If you hit your thumb with a hammer, what swear word would you immediately scream? Charvy Narain asked her friends and family this question, which lead to a personal journey from the 'buffalo's eye' to New York City cops and the her surprising Mausi. In this edition of The Boring Talks Charvy Narain takes a very foul mouthed and personal look at swearing in Hindi and English. James Ward introduces another curious talk about a subject that may seem boring, but is actually very interesting.... maybe.

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# 44 - Swearing: a personal cross-cultural comparative study of Hindi and English is an episode from The Boring Talks by BBC.

This episode is 14:05 long.

This episode was published on Feb 24, 2020.

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