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| jimbo baby! Senior Member United States Joined 5977 days ago 202 posts - 208 votes  2 sounds Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 11 08 July 2009 at 6:05am | IP Logged | ||
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I have looked through a few dictionaries to find out the French translation for the verb "To suck one's teeth or kiss one's teeth" but so far I have not found anything. For those of you that don't know, it's that sound you make when you want to express contempt or disapproval.
I thought we would have a more technical term for it in English, but apparently that's the only term we have for it (unless there's another word for it that I'm unaware of). I would also be interested in hearing its translation in other languages. Does your language have a word for this? Edited by jimbo baby! on 08 July 2009 at 6:10am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Yukamina Senior Member Canada Joined 6264 days ago 281 posts - 332 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, French | Message 2 of 11 08 July 2009 at 8:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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Tutting? I'm sure there's at least one word for it.
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| jimbo baby! Senior Member United States Joined 5977 days ago 202 posts - 208 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* | Message 3 of 11 09 July 2009 at 6:01am | IP Logged | ||
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You're right, but I was referring to another sound. Tutting is the "tsk-tsk" or "tut-tut" sound. I was thinking of the longer sound that's slightly different. It's one continuous sound rather than short multiple sounds. They are both used to express contempt or disapproval but tsk-tsk is more for expressing it in a condescending manner while sucking one's teeth is used to show that someone is perturbed or upset.
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| RBenham Triglot Groupie IndonesiaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5643 days ago 60 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Indonesian | Message 4 of 11 10 July 2009 at 2:58am | IP Logged | ||
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Hmmm. I have never heard this expression in English. It sounds weird....
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| gdoyle1990 Groupie United States Joined 5620 days ago 52 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Serbian, Estonian | Message 5 of 11 10 July 2009 at 8:11am | IP Logged | ||
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People where I live do this when they are confused about something or thinking deeply, and it's almost the same as when someone is trying to dislodge something from their teeth. I've never actually thought about it, but it would be interesting to know what other people call it. I could make up a technical term for it in English though...Dental Ingression perhaps?
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6011 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 6 of 11 12 July 2009 at 7:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm aware of the gesture, but people don't do it round here.
I don't think the French do it, either, so it's not much of a surprise that they don't have a word for it.... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo baby! Senior Member United States Joined 5977 days ago 202 posts - 208 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* | Message 7 of 11 12 July 2009 at 9:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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It seems to be popular with Latins, not so much with other cultures. I thought it was common in France, but apparently it is not. I wonder if it's more prevalent in Spain, Portugal and Italy. I know that it's common in parts of Latin America.
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| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6085 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 8 of 11 13 July 2009 at 12:33am | IP Logged | ||
Yeah. There's plenty of cultural references, but I was amazed that there's also stuff on the internet about it: "tut-tutting". Couldn't find it for the language that I'm studying, though. I guess those coutries that are inclined to "tsk" are listed and those that aren't, aren't. :) Tsk! EDIT: oh, I see. Sorry, your thread title led me to the "tsk" thing. I only got the one reference. Are you talking about inhaling through your teeth? I'd think a lot of different people do that but I've never seen anyone put a stamp of claim on it. Edited by Sunja on 13 July 2009 at 12:54am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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