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Houston's got a dirty mouth, at least on Twitter

The Twitter swear map. There's a whole lot of red out there. Image by David Huffman
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Forget the water; it's Houston's dirty mouth that's causing concern today. For reasons that remain unexplained, Daniel Huffman decided to monitor geo-tagged Tweets published between March and April 2010 for six common curse words (fuck, shit, bitch, hell, damn, ass) and convert the results into a heat map of the United States, with the most foul-mouthed areas burning hottest.

The Southeast is definitely in need of the most mouth washing, and Houston glows an impressive shade of red — though it's still no comparison to the scorch of say, Cordele, Ga.

So tell us, my Tweeples, why so angry?

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