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

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Thursday, March 3, 2005, 12:48
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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