Comments on: Theme Day is BPR – PBR – RPB – PRB – BRP

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:05:43 +0000

@nyokki: Hooray. Finally some book recommendations from you. I'll see if I can get it.

By: SumoSnipe

SumoSnipe — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:31:33 +0000

@wookie_x: @dieAntagonista: Hmm. It takes a lot to make me blush. I look forward to your attempts. Get to it

By: nyokki

nyokki — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:37:03 +0000

@dieAntagonista: If you get the chance, read Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson. It's a light-hearted humorous read about the English language.

By: ColombianMonkey

ColombianMonkey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:38:05 +0000

@storminator: ditto.

By: storminator

storminator — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:13:42 +0000

Tiki- your server keeps showing me errors!

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:47:24 +0000

@wookie_x: Haha, ah I doubt that. I grew up speaking not only German, but Romanian as well. Cursing in Romanian is sort of satisfying, but I'd rather not tell my relatives that they can fuck a cat. That's a traditional expression in Romanian by the way. Wait, so if you were to meet me, you'd insult me just so that I get to curse in English? Why that's so lovely of you. Can't wait.

By: wookie_x

wookie_x — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:38:12 +0000

@dieAntagonista: I suppose we both suffer from language familiarity. We're used to cussing in a particular language, so there is no novelty to it. I suspect, though, that if we were to ever actually meet, the curses would be flying fast and furious. Enough to make a sailor blush!

By: dieAntagonista

dieAntagonista — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:05:31 +0000

@wookie_x: Good analysis, and in general I agree with you. But here’s the thing, I’m in love with the most simple English curse words for a very simple reason. It sounds good. The word “fuck” – Jesus Christ. Cursing in English is extremely satisfying. I never get to do that, and I don’t curse in German at all, because it sounds silly and not impressive. Obviously I can only type these words, but I say them out loud in my head for some abnormal reason. Alright well sometimes when I’m alone I do say things like motherfucker etc, but other than that I have to put up with Austrians saying banal sounding curse words.
It’s quite tragic.

Did I mention already that I love English? You people are so lucky.

By: wookie_x

wookie_x — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:09:43 +0000

@dieAntagonista: I'm of the opinion that most of the standard English curse words are too short to be pretty. They tend to be single syllable, explosive words. On the other hand I DO like entertaining compound words as curses, like penis-wrinkle, or twat-waffle. These, at least, demonstrate some kind of mental effort, some kind of creativity.

By: nyokki

nyokki — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:25:29 +0000

@wookie_x: lol wut?
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Also I clearly misunderstood Theme Day. I thought we had to make/create our own pics.