kkirk007 makes an excellent point about high class and low class words in English. The stigma given to the Germanic words remains with us today. For example: Why is shit considered crude while defecate is the biological term? Simple: the former is Germanic, the latter Latin. It's centuries-old racism attempting to plaster a sheen of importance onto something with a bunch of extra syllables. Throw off the shackles of misplaced elitism! Swear, my friends! Repeatedly and at high volume! Do it for the good of the mother tongue! Here endeth the lesson.