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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6439 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes  Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 49 of 53 15 August 2008 at 3:05am | IP Logged | ||
On an unrelated note, as 'bög' is a three-letter word, and hence is used in unrelated ways in many languages, but which amused me as your post mentioned both it and religion: 'bog' is used in several Slavic languages to mean 'god'. And in English, it means something else again entirely. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Autarkis Triglot Groupie Switzerland twitter.com/Autarkis Joined 5952 days ago 95 posts - 106 votes 4 sounds Speaks: German*, English, French Studies: Italian | Message 50 of 53 15 August 2008 at 3:20am | IP Logged | ||
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"Bög" in Swiss German means "snot", particularly in the Aargau region. In Zürich, "Bög" is an archaic straw puppet that is burnt and blown to bits with explosives each year to dispel winter.
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| alfajuj Diglot Senior Member Taiwan Joined 6211 days ago 121 posts - 126 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Taiwanese, French | Message 51 of 53 15 August 2008 at 6:58am | IP Logged | ||
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"Bög" must be where we get the English word "booger"
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 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6894 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 52 of 53 16 August 2008 at 10:41am | IP Logged | ||
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I'd expect the Swedish "bög" to be related to "bugger".
They sound clearly similar and the basic meaning is the same. According to wwwebster: Main Entry: bug·ger Etymology: Middle English bougre heretic, from Anglo-French bugre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus, literally, Bulgarian; from the association of Bulgaria with the Bogomils, who were accused of sodomy Date: 1555 1: sodomite 2 a: a worthless person : rascal b: fellow, chap 3: a small or annoying thing <put down my keys and now I can't find the buggers> 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Calvino Diglot Groupie Sweden sammafllod.wordpress Joined 5966 days ago 65 posts - 66 votes 2 sounds Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French, Spanish, German | Message 53 of 53 24 August 2008 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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"Bög" and "bugger" are indeed related, and they both stem from those poor bulgars.
Last time I checked, almost every European language had a similar word, descending from the same source. "Bög" in Swedish is most recently borrowed from French, by none other than August Strindberg. Edited by Calvino on 24 August 2008 at 4:38pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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