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Derive the profane words from something your characters' culture reveres. Swearing emphasizes a moment. Profanity does that while also reinforcing the cultural background that helps to make a sto...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T07:19:41Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Gaultheria
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2019-12-08T07:19:41Z (about 5 years ago)
# Derive the profane words from something your characters' culture reveres. Swearing emphasizes a moment. _Profanity_ does that while also reinforcing the cultural background that helps to make a story interesting, and the cultural background provides a framework for ranking the severity of the profane words. For example, many terms in [Quebec French profanity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_profanity) are based on the vocabulary of the Roman Catholic Church.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-11-12T03:17:25Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 4