If any of you read Little Details, this is the same story as this postThe character I'm asking about is a recent immigrant from either the UK, Australia, or New Zealand (to be decided later, possibly dependent on casting ( Read more... )

It's expressly permitted in the rules or I'd just do a workaround ( Read more... )

O linguaphiles,

I am in a purile mood so allow me to debase this noble comunity to ask: What (in your opinion) is the best language for swearing and what is your favourite cuss word in that language?

Is there a tag for swearing?

There are a lot of sites dedicated to obscenities and slang in Spanish, but even outside of the question of their reliability, they're way more hard-core than I want to get. A lot of them are actually kind of disturbing. But I do find that I 'stay in the language' when I'm studying one - continue trying to phrase things that I know how to say - ( Read more... )

I'm having trouble translating "dale huevos" from Spanish into English. I know what it literally means(give her eggs), I know that they use "eggs" like English people use "balls," but I still can't think of an English translation. I have never heard anyone say "give her balls" so...help ( Read more... )

but does anyone know the origin of the insult "asshat"?
it brings to mind a really weird mental image.

(hopefully it's interesting enough to direct attention away from the fact that it's SORT OF a howdoyousay post ( Read more... )

I have this weird questoin. And if it's not an appropiate one, feel free to delete the entry, mods.
Which language is your favourit to swear/curse in?

I know, might be a bit of a weird question, but I sometimes just like to know such stuff. Anyway, mine's Dutch, because you can string all those words together until it's one long word. Plus, our ( Read more... )

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