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Re: Vulgarity

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, June 3, 1999, 17:29
Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> > Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo! > > > > That line from XVI was _really_ easy translate into Dutch: > > 'Ik neuk je in kont en kop!' > > I've never seen a neatly parallel translation into English.
Either I don't understand the Latin, or I don't understand the Dutch (possible, but the cognates seem too plain), or that's incorrect. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)