British vs US use of swearing in ‘Shameless’

There is a high use of abusive terms, as we see in
the UK one, but there is two more in the US
version. These are always used in an exclamative
way in these transcripts, out of anger. There are a
few similar lines which are included in both
transcripts which are abusive such as ‘Fat useless
prick’ (UK) and ‘Fat prick’ (US). Even though they
are similar I have realised that on the UK transcript
there is more use of vocabulary before the profinite
term, such as adjectives and adverbs, which could
suggest that the UK version it may be more in a
comedic, ‘banter’ sense, as if the British characters
are a bit more careless, cocky and aren’t too
bothered about offending anyone too much
Comparing the two transcripts from the short
segment of the show, does show a difference in how
heavily and empathised the swear words included
were used. As you can see in this final chart I have
made, the US version uses profanity overall 5 more
times in a space of a couple of minutes.
In Shameless US there is also a lot more of a
variation of Steven Pinker’s Theorized categories-
such as the US version using more non propositional
cathartic profanity such as phrases like- ‘Oh, shit’
and ‘Fuck’ where as the UK Shameless uses only one
singular cathartic phrase (‘Shit’) throughout the
whole transcript. The US version also used abusive
phrases such as- ‘Fuck you, pig’ towards police,
whereas the UK version did not incorporate that
particular part into the speech.
Steven Pinker is a famous linguist and a
Cognitive psychologist who sees that
swearing is a learnt habit of many
people from influential factors in their
life such as role models, the media and
those they surround themselves by.
 He believes that you can translate
swearing as it is very individual for each
langue which is interesting because
some of what Steven believes does
contradict my study. These are some of
the categories that he puts taboo
language under.  Steven Pinkers five types of swearing
Steven Pinker  also speaks about the
fact that produces and authors use
taboo language to grab attention
I read articles on both British and American journalists about why British people and American people supposedly swear
differently. Personally, if feel that reading articles is the best way to induce information intake for me. find an article on the BBC
website in the culture subcategory which was called ‘Why do Brits and Americans swear so differently’ which went into detail
about key and controversial moments in media which showed how they differ. 
I then continued looking into theories and how people feel about the difference and came across a YouTube video about it
which is made by Netflix specifically- which is an American company. It is for comedic purposes but there are some interesting
points that are expressed such as the fact that ‘Censorship definitely gives swear words more power’ and that ‘swear words are
more powerful in America that it is in Britain. I chose the program ‘Shameless’ to research specifically as it is based around a
stereotypical British northern working-class family, which has a absent mother figure, a dad who is an alcoholic and kids who
are misbehaved who are trying to direct their way through the world practically by themselves. Obviously, the American
adaption will have a few changes with the storyline to suit their situation but there are a few major differences with the
language that is used- as it is also an American family that is fitting into an originally British story. 
Abusive- used to offend someone
Cathartic- unexpected, not polite, or rude
Dysphemistic- used with intention to offend
Idiomatic- used to be more dominant
Emphatic- used to release tension
I'm alive,
motherfucker! Me,
Frank Gallagher.

There is also a common theme of the British sitcom

to create the swear word into a phrase by adding
extra vocabulary such as adverbs and adjectives that
we see earlier which makes the profanities terms
seem more aggressive and angrier in a sense.
Overall, it is obvious that the US version of
Shameless uses a lot more Abusive, Cathartic and
even Dysphemistic swearing compared to the UK
version of Shameless.