Re: CHAT: ...y'know

Andrew wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Carlos Thompson wrote:
>
> > example, campus situation: pronounce it like you have a hot potato un=
der
> > your tongue:
> >   - =A1=BF'tons' qu=E9? g=FCev=F3n!
> >   - =A1=BFqu=E9 m=E1s? marica!
> >   - Bien, marica... =A1Oye, g=FCev=F3n! =BFc=F3mo le fue en el parcia=
l de c=E1lculo?
> >   - =A1No, pues, marica! Yo creo que el primer punto estaba bien, g=FC=
ev=F3n,
pero
> > el segundo estaba putamente rejodido, marica.
> >   ... and so on.
> >
> > free tanslation (excuse my poor English slang):
> >   - how's up, dude.
> >   - howdy, man.
> >   - Well, man...  Hey, man! How did you make your Calculus test?
> >   - so-so, man! I guess I have the first question okay, man, but the
second
> > one was terribly f###ing, dude.
> >  ...
> >
> I started mentally trying to work out how this dialogue would be render=
ed
> in Brithenig but I realise that Brithenig has no slang words for man or
> dude.  What is etymology or history of these Spanish words and why are
> they seen as rude in most circumstances?  (If this can be discussed
> politely on this list).
Well.  _G=FCev=F3n_ comes from _g=FCeva_ (slang for testicles) which come=
s from
_hueva_/_huevo_ (egg).  Acutally _huevo_ is used for birds eggs and _huev=
a_
for fish eggs.  As pablo stated, the equivalente in Argentina is _boludo_.
The idea under these words are the concept that people with big testicles
are also people with little brains, so they are actually words for dumb.

About _marica_, the word means homosexual in a peyorative way.  Probably
comes from the name _Mar=EDa Clara_ or something like that, but I don't r=
ealy
know.

Both words are used in Colombia, Bogot=E1 mainly, just as fill words, =E0=
 la
"man" or "dude".

> - andrew.
>
> Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
>
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> Light dies before thy uncreating word:
> Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall;
> And Universal Darkness buries All.
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