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Apart from being renowned for his iron hand, he was also known for the Swabian salute: "Leck mich am Arsch" (akin to expression "kiss my arse", but literally "l

Apart from being renowned for his iron hand, he was also known for the Swabian salute: "Leck mich am Arsch" (akin to expression "kiss my arse", but literally "lick me on the arse") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_salute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_salute

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hef19898 4y ago
And very common German phrase to this very day! Good to now time travlers can still use, and understand, insults as far back as the 15th century!
jhoechtl 4y ago
In all fairness, in Götz von Berlichingen it reads: > Er aber, sag’s ihm, er kann mich im Arsche lecken He may lick me on my arse Which is for a German reader a tad less offensive then "Leck mich am Arsch"
- pvitz 4y ago
  I always thought it is more offensive, because he is telling him to lick him _in_ his arse, not on...