Many countries do not have small talk. Germans, for example, typically get right down to discussing business. English speaking countries, on the other hand, have not only chit chat but violent vulgarity, particularly with regard to the various forms, usages, tenses & conjugations of the word FUCK. Sometimes, after exclaiming “Fuck!” an American will say: “Pardon my French!” though this seems to have started with the English pretend apology: “Pardon my Anglo-Saxon!” However, some maintain the the Anglo-Saxon, later British use of various forms of “fuck,” which comes from an Indo-European root meaning “to pierce, particularly with a pointed stick,” came to its fruition at the Battle of Agincourt, when English troops wielding longbows rendered the mail armor worn by French noblemen utterly obsolete, by pinning many of their knightly warriors on horseback in their armor to slowly bleed to death. Imagine the horror of being on one’s horse in one’s not so comfy but secure armor, only to have arrows pierce not only through one’s armor, but rendering that armor un-removable. Yucky! So, purportedly, when English would meet enemies in battle, they would show them the finger with which they drew back the string of the bow. The cultural utility of this venting outside of the battlefield generally reduces ... am i still typing? Bored now.