Re: CHAT Starbucks (was: Hymn to Ikea etc.)

I had forgotten that alemanic interjection, *pfuj !*
In Alsace, children sometimes get scolded for saying
*cacapfuj !* when they find something utterly
disgusting (spinach for ex). It's very expressive.

In French, there is *pouah !*, but nowadays people
would rather say *berk !*. *Fi !* is an ancient word,
now sometimes used to mock upper-class style (*fi
donc, ma chere !*)

In Norway, I heard *fy faen* (*faen* being the devil I
think), or even *fy faen i helvete* (helvete not
referring to the Swiss, but rather to hell).

--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> Quoting Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:
>
> > > > And as for that abomination called 'instant
> coffee' - ach y fi!!
> > >
> > > Remind me; is that "ach y fi" Welsh? It always
> makes me think of
> > Swedish _usch
> > > och fy_ ([8S O fy:] in my 'lect), an
> interjection of distaste.
> >
> > Funny, in Swiss German, there's the rare
> /{:kXi'pfuj/, probably
> > a fusion of the two interjections of distaste
> /v{:kX/ and /pfuj/.
> > They don't mean anything.  What do the Welsh and
> Swedish versions
> > mean?  And is the Welsh /AX @ vi:/?
>
> The Swedish consists of _usch_, also an interjection
> indicating distate,
> _och_ "and" (one of the more atrociously spelt words
> in Swedish), and _fy_, a
> word indicating disapproval or distaste, the later
> meaning being relevant here.
>
>
>  Andreas

=====
Philippe Caquant

"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

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