The weirdness of English slang

Chris Losinger

damn straight, homey. -c

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ColinDavies

I think expressions like these catch on as many people are drawn to the vulgarity as a form of emphasis. Regardz Colin J Davies

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Brad Jennings

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: A weird but wonderful language. Yes. And you can also easily make up your own English slang words without people looking at you funny. For instance, "yourmomasaurus" is a quick, easy, and completely original way to insult a person's mother. Brad Jennings "if the golden arches shut shop, where else are the VB people going to get work." - Colin Davies

Chris Meech

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: full of it That's another one. full it it == full of sh1t Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.

Jorgen Sigvardsson

I wonder why that is. I remember my grandfather swearing, but it wasn't anything like swearing is today. If someone swore like that today, I wouldn't automatically recognise it as swearing. -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Jorgen Sigvardsson

condemned and non-curved, subject of home :) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Funny you should mention mother insults. Me and a friend spent many hours on coming up with good mother insults. We should have written it down, because some of the insults were just hilarious. :) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Hehe, pun intended! ;) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Chris Losinger

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: condemned and non-curved, subject of home that would make an excellent album title (maybe King Crimson or Pink Floyd) -c

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ColinDavies

I think habitual swearing gives some users a sense of power, that they are not restrained by the current conventions. I have a youg friend who has a real problem controlling his vocabulary in most situations as he as got to accustommed to using the F, C and W words, in inappropriate cicumstances. A lot of non native-english speakers who try to pepper their conversations with swear words and expressions often make fools of themselves in my opinion. As good swearing should come naturally and not be forced. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

Haakon S

Oh, come on. It's the same thing in our Scandinavian languages. We use the same type of colourfull expressions. The differences I would say are: - Angloamerican: Sex and body functions - North Europe: Hell, satan and some sex - Southern Europe: Some well chosen words about your mother Regards, Haakon S. 'Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.' Piet Hein

Jorgen Sigvardsson

Colin Davies wrote: I think habitual swearing gives some users a sense of power, that they are not restrained by the current conventions. Makes sense to me. But then again, you are the wise man of CP. :) Colin Davies wrote: A lot of non native-english speakers who try to pepper their conversations with swear words and expressions often make fools of themselves in my opinion. As good swearing should come naturally and not be forced. I agree with you. When I was younger and had less common sense than I have now, I was very influenced by american tv series and movies. I grew up watching Eddie Murphy. :) But I've come to the conclusion you point out - swearing without any real reason just makes you look like a fool. I became aware of it by how americans reacted and how I reacted when immigrants here in Sweden swore in Swedish. Some things are best learnt the hard way, but this wasn't it. :) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

Anna Jayne Metcalfe

Load of bollocks if you ask me. ;) Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears

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Jorgen Sigvardsson

Haakon S. wrote: It's the same thing in our Scandinavian languages. Not as much I'd say. Sure, we have slang and swearing which literally makes no sense. But English is an abundant source of weirdness! -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

SimonS

:laugh: We South Africans have this wierd combination: ya nee = yes no We (well, the Afrikaaners) use it when we mean yes. Now, that's pretty wierd. On this topic, what the hell does booyukasha mean? Cheers, Simon "I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken.", Bruce Eckel on interviewing programmers. animation mechanics in SVG (latest pic 1) (latest pic 2)

Jorgen Sigvardsson

We have a similar version - "nja" which is basically a combination of "nej"(no) and "ja"(yes). We use it to say "no", but still acknowledging what the other part has just said. SimonS wrote: On this topic, what the hell does booyukasha mean? I have not the slightest idea. Sounds like japanese. :) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine

KaRl

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Me and a friend spent many hours on coming up with good mother insults Never ever do that in a latin country. You would have to face "the most serious consequences" :-D

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David Wulff

Bollocks (England) or Bugger (the Aussie variety) are the best swear words - they are exactly like those blank tiles in Scrabble - you can make them mean whatever you like in any given scenario. Note: There is one minor exception to that rule however... you can have the dog's bollocks but you can't bugger the dog. :rolleyes:

David Wulff

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David Wulff

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: I have not the slightest idea. Sounds like japanese. Is yous saying that cause eye's is black? :mad:

David Wulff

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Jorgen Sigvardsson

Thanks for the heads up. I will keep it in mind. :-D -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine