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| onebir Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7163 days ago 487 posts - 503 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 17 of 57 19 January 2007 at 1:53am | IP Logged | |||||
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This reminds me of a science fiction story where someone became telepathic & had a hard time because everyone thought such bad thoughts...
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| owshawng Senior Member United States Joined 6886 days ago 202 posts - 217 votes Speaks: English* | Message 18 of 57 23 January 2007 at 10:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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At a food court in New Jersey a women working at the chinese take out gave me a dirty look and told me in mandarin she f'ed my mother. I smiled and told her I f'd her father, thank you, and I would be back. She was stunned.
Usually I hear people talking (nice things) about my 2 year old son. I always say thank you in mandarin and enjoy the startled looks. Sometimes I ask them if they have any children or other small talk. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| solidsnake Diglot Senior Member China Joined 7041 days ago 469 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 19 of 57 27 January 2007 at 2:10am | IP Logged | |||||
What?! That's not something you hear everyday. I would have asked her what position.. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| onebir Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7163 days ago 487 posts - 503 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 20 of 57 27 January 2007 at 5:09am | IP Logged | |||||
What did she say? "我搞你妈" I heard 搞 used that way in a film - it would literally translates to something like 'I did your mum' - but it wasn't a mainland chinese film, so I always wondered if it was a widespread usage. Guess I don't have enough foul-mouthed chinese friends! :( 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| owshawng Senior Member United States Joined 6886 days ago 202 posts - 217 votes Speaks: English* | Message 21 of 57 27 January 2007 at 12:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
Now I know many more adjectives and action verbs and could have a more clever response then substituting father for mother. If I only knew then what I know now. Sigh. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| solidsnake Diglot Senior Member China Joined 7041 days ago 469 posts - 488 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 22 of 57 27 January 2007 at 3:05pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'v personally heard 上，干，作一作，in my life and let me tell you, they
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| onebir Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7163 days ago 487 posts - 503 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 23 of 57 28 January 2007 at 4:48am | IP Logged | |||||
The thing is, 搞, 干，作 all mean 'to do' and 上 (as a verb) just means 'to go up'. So they're not really swearwords in the same way as f**k... or 王八蛋 (may have the chars wrong - found 龟头 while searching for turtle though :P). I called someone a 王八蛋 (= bastard) as a joke, with a group of acquaintances standing nearby, and the all turned round looking shocked. So I won't be doing that again! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| onebir Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7163 days ago 487 posts - 503 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin | Message 24 of 57 28 January 2007 at 12:27pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Here's an alternative chinese dictionary. Unless it's incomplete, Chinese really doesn't have that many swearwords...
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