Re: Rio de Janeiro (was: Re: Hello)
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 5, 2002, 5:04 |
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On 4 Aug 02, at 23:19, John Cowan wrote:
> One example that has stuck in my mind is _fitta_, which in American
> Swedish means to fit, but in standard Swedish to give birth to pigs!
And in idiomatic Swedish, apparently, is the equivalent of the f-word.
At any rate, that's what Swedes told me who were embarrassed when
reading aloud the sign on most Greek flower and plant shops: "anthi ke
fita".
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>
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