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"There is a rule, never swear in a foreign language" I'm an anglophone - en_GB. The word fuck has been adopted by pretty much the world as a naughty expletive
by gerdesj 5y ago
"There is a rule, never swear in a foreign language"
I'm an anglophone - en_GB.
The word fuck has been adopted by pretty much the world as a naughty expletive that generally doesn't cause complete outrage but is expressive enough to be generally outside normal and polite conversation. I think it is a triumph of people getting something right: As a complex species with disparate concepts and languages, we have managed to pick a single word to cover quite a few concepts and situations. Fuck's time has come (ooerr).
To be honest, I'd like to be able to swear in a foreign language (I can manage German and French so far but without much enthusiasm). Please feel free to reply with your finest swearing and put downs.
- bigiain 5y agoI'm an anglophone - en_AU. The rest of the world seems to have never got the memo about the affectionate uses of the word cunt.
- Veen 5y agoSame in some parts of the UK—north east of England in my case. It's fine among friends, but I'd never say it in a business meeting or to my grandmother. It's all about the context and delivery—calling someone a cunt will be taken very badly indeed if you do it in the wrong situation.
- gerdesj 5y agoThe rest of the word fuck them instead of simply noting them. You sound like a stamp collector 8)
- Izkata 5y ago> Please feel free to reply with your finest swearing and put downs. How about strange? I binge-watched all of Farscape in under a month during college over a decade ago, and "frell" (usually in the form "frelling ____") seems to have become a permanent part of my vocabulary. The word is a 1:1 translation of every meaning of "fuck", used very liberally in the series. There's a bunch more swears and work-inappropriate sayings they also leave "untranslated", but "frell" was probably the most used.
- gerdesj 5y agoThe Irish deploy the work "feck" in nearlly the same way as the English word "fuck" but it isn't considered rude. I should probably know the full etymology of both words but can only comment on the Eng.Ang/Sax version which is basically: fuck. WP etc seem to waffle about wind fuckers/fokkers etc but fundamentally, I think the word means exactly what it means - that is how words work! Feck is a bit more intriguing. I think feck really means the same as fuck but it is the Irish sticking it to the English and turning a rude word into a simple expletive that Mummy can use. If so - good job. I would love to hear some thoughts about this from someone from the Isle.
- jck 5y agoSounds like BSG and frak
- User23 5y agoSwearing in German is dreadfully dull, you donkey who has a bird.
- hyperman1 5y agoIf you replace 'fuck' with 'procreate' or 'fornicate', it should be more polite: Oh procreation, what have you done now? However, as Hollywood managed to promote 'fuck' as a generic expletive with no meaning, these are actually less polite, as they emphasis the meaning that was gone. I also wonder why people write f*ck. If you want to swear, do it. If you want to be polite, don't do it. If a censoring system won't let you use fuck, be more creative. F*ck with a star just seems to say you're a pushover.