Question: The Irish man uses the "F expletive" in one of his first scenes. Would that word have been in existence then?
Andreas[DK]
13th Jun 2006
Braveheart (1995)
Answer: There's also lots of f-words in Luc Besson's The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc by The English Commanders.
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Answer: It might have as the word is very old. But since it has always been considered very obscene it doesn't appear much in written form (before modern time). The earliest written occurrence known is in a poem from before 1500. But regardless of whether the word existed or not; the dialog in Braveheart is in contemporary English, since 13th century Scottish would be impossible to understand for the average moviegoer. So it's not a mistake for a character to utter the f-word.
Andreas[DK]