Table 4 Number and percentage of using omission in the four investigated genres.
Swear word | Drama | Action | Sci-Fi | Biography | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Omi. | % | Total | Omi. | % | Total | Omi. | % | Total | Omi. | % | |
Fuck | 692 | 506 | 73% | 59 | 23 | 39% | 89 | 38 | 43% | 37 | 22 | 59% |
Shit | 134 | 94 | 70% | 45 | 29 | 64% | 60 | 20 | 33% | 51 | 30 | 59% |
Damn | 22 | 10 | 45% | 30 | 24 | 80% | 31 | 17 | 55% | 15 | 10 | 67% |
Ass | 24 | 18 | 75% | 35 | 31 | 89% | 14 | 12 | 86% | 20 | 11 | 55% |
Bitch | 31 | 0 | 0% | 25 | 22 | 88% | 9 | 1 | 11% | 6 | 6 | 100% |
Bastard | 7 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0% | 6 | 1 | 17% | 12 | 3 | 25% |
Asshole | 17 | 0 | 0% | 12 | 7 | 58% | 10 | 0 | 0% | 17 | 2 | 12% |
Dick | 12 | 5 | 42% | 2 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
Cunt | 9 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Pussy | 5 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 953 | 633 | 66% | 224 | 136 | 61% | 225 | 90 | 40% | 162 | 84 | 52% |
