Being bilingual makes swearing easier

Re:Being bilingual makes swearing easier by bitcharmer on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:13AM (#25591339)

I'm a Polish expat in English speaking country and have the same experience. When I screw something up at work I just swear in Polish as it's not as obvious to people around me as it would be had I used a profanity in English.

Also, love to listen to heated, swearing-heavy exchanges from Italians or Spaniards. Don't understand a word but it sounds awesome :)

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Re:Being bilingual makes swearing easier by Galanwe on Thursday December 31, 2020 @08:07AM (#25592277)

French living in non-french countries for many years here.

My conscious swear words have switched to English now, for small things.

When I'm hurt or really in trouble though, French kicks in unconsciously.

What I like about French way of swearing is that it can be infinite since the words are linked together. Most French swear words are descriptive, which means you can almost postpone the subject indefinitely and continue swearing:

"^putain de bordel de chiotte de saloperie de merdasse mal foutue de... [<insert description>]* de merde$"

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Re:Being bilingual makes swearing easier by cbogie on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:02AM (#25591601)

love that your hn handle is so creative with an english swear word :)

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Re:Being bilingual makes swearing easier by bitcharmer on Thursday December 31, 2020 @06:06AM (#25591615)

Well, the premise was bit-charmer but too late did I realise most people would read it like you did :)

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Re:Being bilingual makes swearing easier by StavrosK on Thursday December 31, 2020 @09:44AM (#25593067)

However I, too, would like to see more dogs bear arms.

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Re:Being bilingual makes swearing easier by nescioquid on Thursday December 31, 2020 @05:16PM (#25597804)

Does that overlap, I wonder, with the LISPers who would like to arm bears?

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