Re: Swearing in other cultures (was Langmaker.com and...)

Hi!

Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> writes:
>...
> Possibly a linguistic urban myth, but I heard that in parts of China, the
> ultimate insult is to tell someone "I'm your father", which of course implies
> "I fucked your mother". I suppose they were much amused by Star Wars.
>...
Hmm, I only know 'His/Her mother's!' as a very bad Chinese insult, but
I don't know many...  This seemingly strange insult is insulting by
cultural agreement, it seems, and the real insult is just not
explicitly expressed. :-)

**Henrik

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