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Wilco
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 Message 9 of 20
22 April 2010 at 7:16pm | IP Logged 
In Québec:

Tabarnouche, Tabarslac, Tabarnane ("Tabarnac")
Cristie, Crisco ("Christ")
Osto ("Ostie")

A lot of offensive words in English are not at all offensive when prononced in a French conversation and are not censored on television (f**k, Shit).



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Solfrid Cristin
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 Message 10 of 20
22 April 2010 at 7:54pm | IP Logged 
Wilco wrote:
In Québec:

Tabarnouche, Tabarslac, Tabarnane ("Tabarnac")
Cristie, Crisco ("Christ")
Osto ("Ostie")

A lot of offensive words in English are not at all offensive when prononced in a French conversation and are not censored on television (f**k, Shit).




I wish I could say the same. Here the English words sound far worse that the Norwegian ones. My cildren claim that they don't, but I am trying to get them to understand that if they have to curse, then at least they should do it in Norwegian, where the cursing is
a) much less offensive
b) not understood by 90% of the people on the planet
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 Message 11 of 20
22 April 2010 at 8:48pm | IP Logged 
Splog wrote:

In Czech, my favourite (because people use it all the time) is:

Ježišmarja (Jesus and Mary) - which is the most common light swearword here, even though this is the least religious country in Europe



Really? I would have said 'ty vole' is the most common, at least in Prague.
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 Message 12 of 20
22 April 2010 at 10:32pm | IP Logged 
Solfrid Cristin wrote:
[...] you are often in a position where you would need to express irritation or surprise, and would like to use words that are accepted in polite company.

[...]


Italian (and literal translation)

Accidenti! (accidents)
Accipicchia! (I can’t think of a literal translation)
Cielo! (heaven – old fashioned)
Dannazione! (damn – somewhat less polite than the others)
Cavolo! / Cavoli! / Che cavolo! (cabbage / cabbages / what a cabbage – very common)

By the way
furrykef wrote:
[...]Italian:
Cavolo (cazzo), as in "Non me ne importa un cavolo" (= I don't give a damn)

the version with 'cavolo' can be used in polite company, the other one absolutely not!

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 Message 13 of 20
23 April 2010 at 2:56am | IP Logged 
Emme wrote:
the version with 'cavolo' can be used in polite company, the other one absolutely not!


Yes, that's the idea. ;) The rest of the list I made is formatted the same way (polite version, followed by profane version in parentheses).

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Edited by Dorkus on 11 June 2010 at 7:03am
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Splog
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 Message 15 of 20
23 April 2010 at 8:56am | IP Logged 
stelingo wrote:
Splog wrote:

In Czech, my favourite (because people use it all the time) is:

Ježišmarja (Jesus and Mary) - which is the most common light swearword here, even though this is the least religious country in Europe



Really? I would have said 'ty vole' is the most common, at least in Prague.


Even though "ty vole" isn't on the face of it very rude, obody would say it among strangers unless they were very rude. It is more among friends down the pub or among people who don't care about offending others. Ježišmarja is far less offensive and is fine in, say, a supermarket where you can't find the right pocket change.
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Emme
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 Message 16 of 20
24 April 2010 at 9:05pm | IP Logged 
furrykef wrote:
Emme wrote:
the version with 'cavolo' can be used in polite company, the other one absolutely not!


Yes, that's the idea. ;) The rest of the list I made is formatted the same way (polite version, followed by profane version in parentheses).



furrykef, I had no doubt that you were aware of which form is acceptable and which one is not. ;)
I just wanted to make sure that other learners of Italian less proficient than you are don’t get confused about which one to use. Some faux pas are better avoided! ;)



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