Could this be the final humiliation for this once-proud country?
In the latest blow to Britain's waning national pride, we can no longer claim to be the world leader in a craft at which we have traditionally excelled - swearing.
Even more galling is the fact we have lost the title to the Americans, a nationality often associated with religious prudery.
However, we do out-swear the Australians despite their reputation for crudeness and vulgarity.
What might be called the World Profanity Table was compiled by linguists down under, studying almost 2 billion words from 1.8 million web pages and blogs.
