Re: [tied] Being Crude in English.

>It is a usuality that the English language is rather poor in 'crude'
>terms. I would agree with the statement.
>
>But for cursing, for delivering a strong line of disapproval to
>another, English really is lacking. English is poor when it comes to
>cussing-out another.

What?? What about "ho", "skank" and "bitch" (to a male)? Need I get into
racist swears? I doubt you'll live to tell the tale if you ever yell out the
n*gger or ch*nk in Winnipeg. There'd be so many punches laid out on you that
there'd be no reconstructin' your face again.

>But telling one man off? Polish is pro'lly better. Since few men
>really are muhfuhs (and this being about the most horrific thing you
>can say to a male in English), my observation is that
>native-English-speakers are hopelessly polite in comparison to other
>languages.

Stop with this "pro'lly" thing. It's frightening me :P Now, are you talking
about England, or about Canada and the US too?

>English is perhaps the most polite of the world's current languages.

You've got to be joking. I've heard some incredible oral nastiness in
English. Take comedy. Begin with Richard Pryor and work your way through
Andrew Dice Clay. Perhaps you'll discover something.

- gLeN

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