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Re: OT: Slang, curses and vulgarities

From:Kevin Athey <kevindeanathey@...>
Date:Sunday, January 30, 2005, 7:57
>From: Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> > >I had heard that Japanese doesn't feature it, and that the closest it >comes is "a mistake had been made". Ten years of studying languages and >linguistics later (but not, you'll note, Japanese (at least in any depth)) >has convinced me that the phrase "X does not exist in language Y" is >always false, or at least always arguable, however.
That is true. Japanese has a tremendous wealth of profanity. Athey _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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