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by pattisapu 1277 days ago
Slurs seem to share some of this violence in expression.

In English, at least, many unspeakable words used to describe Blacks, Asians, Jews, gay men, lesbian women, and others seem to have some of these "k" (or "g" (voiced)) features, harsh consonant endings, etc.

I wonder if it is like this in other languages too.

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K and g are very regular sounds in Dutch. For any word. But they do show up also in ‘bad’ words.

Our worst words are about giving other people terrible diseases.