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Re: vulgarisms

From:/Joe Mondello <rugpretzel@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 11, 1998, 15:56
In Siniuz, vulgarity, rudeness or the intention to offend is usually indicated
by the adjective/adverb uu, which has no concrete english translation.
thereforre any sentence can become sufficiently offensive, eg. chicuu ti fen'
'the girl [to whom i am being vaguely insulting] visited you.' Or 'chic ti
fenuu" 'the girl visited you [where I am implying some sort of illicit
relationship or that something socially unacceptable or attemped to keep
secret will occur during the visit.  This comes from the habit of an
acquaintance to give a long protracted 'oooh' to indicate that what someone
has said warrants an attempt to get revenge.
pacs precs
Joe Mondello