Table 8 Total number and percentage of swear-to-non-swear strategy in four investigated movie genres.
Swear word | Drama | Action | Sci-Fi | Biography | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | S. to Non-S. | % | Total | S. to Non-S. | % | Total | S. to Non-S. | % | Total | S. to Non-S. | % | |
Fuck | 692 | 87 | 13% | 59 | 7 | 12% | 89 | 18 | 20% | 37 | 6 | 16% |
Shit | 134 | 14 | 10% | 45 | 2 | 4% | 60 | 14 | 23% | 51 | 8 | 16% |
Damn | 22 | 4 | 18% | 30 | 2 | 7% | 31 | 5 | 16% | 15 | 2 | 13% |
Ass | 24 | 2 | 8% | 35 | 1 | 3% | 14 | 1 | 7% | 20 | 3 | 15% |
Bitch | 31 | 8 | 26% | 25 | 3 | 12% | 9 | 2 | 22% | 6 | 1 | 17% |
Bastard | 7 | 2 | 29% | 12 | 4 | 33% | 6 | 2 | 33% | 12 | 3 | 25% |
Asshole | 17 | 8 | 47% | 12 | 4 | 33% | 10 | 5 | 50% | 17 | 2 | 12% |
Dick | 12 | 2 | 17% | 2 | 1 | 50% | 3 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 1 | 33% |
Cunt | 9 | 3 | 33% | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Pussy | 5 | 1 | 20% | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 953 | 131 | 14% | 224 | 25 | 11% | 225 | 48 | 21% | 162 | 26 | 16% |
