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Do Canadians commonly use the word "bloody?" Jordan Peterson uses it often, and Kulak uses it in his most recent substack post. Some Googling suggests that some Canadians "never use it" while other "might use it instead of saying 'fucking'." I always associated it with British/Aussie/Indian/other British imperial possession's dialects. Is it something people say in Canada?
Canada's a big place. I'd say it's something people use in some regions if they want to swear less but don't want to alter their speech patterns to sound more formal.
I can picture a rural guy talking to the police and saying something like "and then I told them to get their bloody asses off of my property, only I didn't say bloody".
Peterson definitely says it more than usual. He grew up in a cold isolated farming town in norther Alberta, so they might have some unique speech patterns.
That's very interesting. AFAIK it's completely unknown in America. It would be like saying "Cor blimey!" or "G'day!" It would sound like a complete affectation.
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