While looking at the entry for profanity on Wikipedia, I stumbled across the following web page.
http://www.insultmonger.com/swearing/index.htm
There are 170 different languages available to curse in :)
Quote from: "Ustauk"While looking at the entry for profanity on Wikipedia
Umm... I think that qualifies for the weirdest thing I've read today. :) Why would you be looking up a Wikipedia entry for profanity?
Quote from: "Thorin"Quote from: "Ustauk"While looking at the entry for profanity on Wikipedia
Umm... I think that qualifies for the weirdest thing I've read today. :) Why would you be looking up a Wikipedia entry for profanity?
Well, i was listening to a program on the CBC the other day called C'est La Vie, about life in Quebec, and they were talking about French Canadian swear words. So I looked up tabernac in google, and that led me a Wikipedia page on French Canadian swear words. I then clicked on the link to profanity in the article, which led me to the wiki article on profanity, which in turn had a link to the cure archive.
Quote from: "Ustauk"Quote from: "Thorin"Quote from: "Ustauk"While looking at the entry for profanity on Wikipedia
Umm... I think that qualifies for the weirdest thing I've read today. :) Why would you be looking up a Wikipedia entry for profanity?
Well, i was listening to a program on the CBC the other day called C'est La Vie, about life in Quebec, and they were talking about French Canadian swear words. So I looked up tabernac in google, and that led me a Wikipedia page on French Canadian swear words. I then clicked on the link to profanity in the article, which led me to the wiki article on profanity, which in turn had a link to the cure archive.
ZUT ALORS! ;)
Well, that actually does make sense as a train of thought. :)
C'mon, the first thing anyone looks up in a translation dictionary is the rude words ;)
Ready-made swears in Latin! At last! :P
Even if I'm not remotely gifted in other languages, I still do like having a bit of fun looking up the curse words.
It certainly makes it easier to know what to avoid saying when in a different country (espeically in Japan if you're a fan of mangoes).
Quote from: "Tonnica"Ready-made swears in Latin! At last! :P
Even if I'm not remotely gifted in other languages, I still do like having a bit of fun looking up the curse words.
It certainly makes it easier to know what to avoid saying when in a different country (espeically in Japan if you're a fan of mangoes).
UGH! Thanks for the flashback, I have burned-in images in my brain from the "Best of Christopher Walken" DVD I rented -- never encountered before, and I would definitely say I am not a fan of Mango:
http://images.google.com/images?q=Mango+SNL:P ;)