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| global_gizzy Senior Member United States maxcollege.blogspot. Joined 5703 days ago 275 posts - 310 votes  Studies: Spanish | Message 17 of 20 24 April 2010 at 9:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Egad is an old English swearword, its pretty light and I learned it from a cartoon, where it was used sarcastically.
I like to use it occasionally. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| mirab3lla Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom lang-8.com/220477Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5443 days ago 161 posts - 229 votes Speaks: Romanian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Spanish, FrenchB1, Mandarin | Message 18 of 20 24 April 2010 at 11:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Dumnezeule! (Oh, God!) La naiba! (Hell!) These are heard so often now that nobody finds them vulgar anymore... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5334 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 19 of 20 24 April 2010 at 11:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
Then I'll start using the Romanian version of Hell! In Norwegian I am afraid it is unsuitable for polite company. Is it pronounced the way it is written, and where is the stress? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| mirab3lla Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom lang-8.com/220477Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5443 days ago 161 posts - 229 votes Speaks: Romanian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Spanish, FrenchB1, Mandarin | Message 20 of 20 24 April 2010 at 11:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, it is pronounced the way it is written (tip- think of the Italian way of pronunciation ) and the stress is on the I, which is a long vowel (lah nah-ee-bah or something like that) Literally, its meaning sounds more like to hell, but I found this translation more appropriate. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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