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Quebec swears by its English curses
Toronto red Star ^
| December 12, 2006
| Sean Gordon
Posted on 12/12/2006 1:36:27 PM PST by GMMAC
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:36:32 PM PST
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GMMAC
To: fanfan; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; Ryle; ...
PING!
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:38:21 PM PST
by
GMMAC
(Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
To: GMMAC
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:38:52 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: GMMAC
That explains why eyebrows are seldom raised when words like "tabernacle" — or its phonetic form "tabarnak" — are uttered by French-speakers on English broadcasts. That's gonna be a little tough on that choir from Utah...
To: GMMAC
In English Canada it is among the baddest of the bad words, a wash-your-mouth-out-with-soap, four-letter epithet considered unsuitable for polite company, never mind broadcast.
Oh Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuddgge! Only I didn't say "Fudge." I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the "F-dash-dash-dash" word!
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:42:35 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: SevenofNine
En Franchais au Quebec: 'QLF' ... definitely not to be confused with 'FLQ'.
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:44:23 PM PST
by
GMMAC
(Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
To: GMMAC
ROFL actually if I going curse somebody out it going be in English I don't need the French tell me elsewise LOL!
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:46:37 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: GMMAC
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:48:14 PM PST
by
Constitution Day
("Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." — Aldous Huxley)
To: GMMAC
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:48:42 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: GMMAC
I like the Irish TV shows, they use "Feck" and "Fup" and it is never censored out.
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:49:19 PM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Constitution Day
Ah, bah! Ze software would not let me poste rapidment!
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:49:43 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: GMMAC
French people are weird. And they smell bad.
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:51:06 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
To: GMMAC
In his book of essays, 'Lives of the Cell', largely dealing with biology, the author, Lewis Thomas, devotes an essay to the origins of the English f-word--without once, by the way, employing the word itself.
Thomas traces it back to its Indo-European roots, discovering that its sexual connotations are, historically speaking, fairly recent. The one commonality in its usage, over thousands of years, is its vile undertones. It is a literal curse word, filled with venom and spite and ill-feelings towards another. It is harsh on the tongue, hurts the ears, and speaks poorly of the one using it.
When I got out of the Service, I worked hard to clean up my language. 'Pass the effing potatoes' just doesn't go over well in good company. After my children were born, I worked even harder. I slip up every now and then, but I've worked hardest of all to eliminate the f-word entirely from my vocabulary. Besides, I can't call myself a Christian if I talk like a barfly.
To: HEY4QDEMS
And they say "Shite" a lot.
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:51:54 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: GMMAC
Mon DIeu!
I read things like this, and I think "Va Te Faire Foudre!"
To: Cicero
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:54:13 PM PST
by
Constitution Day
("Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." — Aldous Huxley)
To: SevenofNine
"ROFL actually if I going curse somebody out it going be in English I don't need the French tell me elsewise LOL!"
If you're going to curse someone out in English, you may want to work on your English.
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:56:06 PM PST
by
brownsfan
(It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
To: GMMAC
Way back when I took high school French, the teacher told us that the French were adopting English swear words because Anglo-Saxon expletives are so much more blunt and forceful than their French equivalents. No doubt, "S--t!" can cut through the background chatter in a way that "Merde!" never could.
To: dfwgator
And they say "Shite" a lot.The Irish, you mean. And they're not just talkin' about a Muslim sect.
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posted on
12/12/2006 1:58:31 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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