Similar situation in South Tyrol (an province at the border to Austria): the german-speaking minority (who is the majority in the province) primarily uses italian curse words.
A theory I once read trying to explain this is that you hope that God is less likely to notice you when you curse in a different language.
And somehow they pick a latin-derived language for that? Latin being literally the language of their church if they’re not protestants? Pope throne being in Rome?
Similar situation in South Tyrol (an province at the border to Austria): the german-speaking minority (who is the majority in the province) primarily uses italian curse words. A theory I once read trying to explain this is that you hope that God is less likely to notice you when you curse in a different language.
And somehow they pick a latin-derived language for that? Latin being literally the language of their church if they’re not protestants? Pope throne being in Rome?
Swearing and gods predate all that