AIBU to think ‘Fart’ isn’t a swear word.

[Toddlerteaplease]

Aged 44, my mum had told me off for complaining that their cat farted, when sitting on my knee. Apparently fart is a swear word. 🤣🤔

Ahhh I see. You are asking if I’m an immigrant?

I can assure you that “shit” is not an uncommon word in the English language. Possibly it’s more common in the countryside (as is shit being talked about because dogs roll in it, animals produce it and piles of it have to be managed)? But no, I don’t think you have to be Dutch to use the word shit. How funny.

I wasn’t allowed to say fart as child, but my mum doesn’t care now that I’m an adult!

I guess it depends on your definition of swear word. It’s probably not something that you would say in polite company.

What, even if it was a silent one?

Now that would just be silly.