Re: A few more risque words

From: Håkan Lindgren
Message: 5272
Date: 2001-01-03

Glen wrote -

(the Alternative Swedish Dictionary.)
"My favourite word is /rövsmör/ which illustrates vividly the
enormous perils associated with man's eternal quest for the ultimate
thunder-fart."

I've never heard that one, but it's an instant favourite with me too!
Hmm... perhaps there's some linguistic creativity still left in us.

"Actually, on a more serious note, it's interesting that Swedish apparently
uses a "devil" swear in a similar way as Cantonese."

Yeah, we're probably among the least religious countries (if any Swedish politician would invoke god the way American presidents seem to do every now and then, people would stare at him as if he's gone completely off his rocker) but we use religious curses. For a foreigner, all the English curses about making love are a bit weird.

What else could we curse about? Are there any unused subjects?

Hakan,
Vallingby, Sweden