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Tallulah Tam Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Rude Words
Did you know that "bitch" and "cock" are rude words in America?
A female dog refered to all the time in England (correctly) as a bitch, would be very insulted if you called her that In The States. Here she is called a female or a girl dog.
A cock in England is a male domestic fowl, it means something quite different in the US. A male domestic fowl over here is called a rooster.
The Americans on the other hand call turf "sod" (a kind of swear word in England) If you told an American to "sod it" he would think you wanted a new lawn!
A female dog refered to all the time in England (correctly) as a bitch, would be very insulted if you called her that In The States. Here she is called a female or a girl dog.
A cock in England is a male domestic fowl, it means something quite different in the US. A male domestic fowl over here is called a rooster.
The Americans on the other hand call turf "sod" (a kind of swear word in England) If you told an American to "sod it" he would think you wanted a new lawn!
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I tried to delete the previous message since the perfectly correct words I used have been omitted and now the message makes no sense! The words I used were crucial to the message on the different connotations of the same language. You are left to guess now what they are.
- I tried to delete the previous message since the perfectly correct words I used have been omitted and now the message makes no sense!
- The words I used were crucial to the message on the different connotations of the same language.
- You are left to guess now what they are.
- Here is a clue, the first word begins with b and the second with c
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I tried to delete the previous message since the perfectly correct words I used have been omitted and now the message makes no sense! The words I used were crucial to the message on the different connotations of the same language. You are left to guess now what they are. Here is a clue, the first word begins with b and the second with c
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Yes; the software comes with an inbuilt censor and US 'profanity' list. Unfortunately it doesn't give you the right number of asterisks, either.
We had trouble for a while when anyone mentioned Tom, ****, and Harry.
MrP
We had trouble for a while when anyone mentioned Tom, ****, and Harry.
MrP
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Oddly enough, when you hover the mouse pointer over the thread title in the list of threads (What is this called, something like "mouse-over pop-up"? You have to enable it on the user profile page -- "which, incidentally, still lists British English as the only available English option in Languages," she digressed irately) the actual words appear! Did we know this
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Have you enabled "mouse-over pop-up" on your user profile page?[:^)]
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No. On first reading I ignored what you had in parentheses because it seemed unrelated - I thought the whole parenthetical remark was related to the list of languages. I'm going to fix the profile and try again.
I guess until we're allowed American English we're going to have to talk about "flavour" and "colour" and just hope to fit in without being detected and thrown out!
I guess until we're allowed American English we're going to have to talk about "flavour" and "colour" and just hope to fit in without being detected and thrown out!
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This could have been a healthy discussion, but obviously no discussion can get off the ground if the subject is banned. There is a school of thought that maintains swear words, being in such common use, are an integral part of the language and should be accepted as such. I am not advocating swearing, there is nothing more boring than listening to someone habitually swear. It does come in useful th
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I think this 'healthy discussion' has been done to death already, here and elsewhere, Tallulah. I'd suggesting restarting it in Linguistics Discussion Forum if you must-- or better yet, I'll just move it there now...
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Hello, Mr Micawber, nice to meet you. :-)
O. Kaaaaaye....... So that's me told!
O. Kaaaaaye....... So that's me told!
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I guess until we're allowed American English we're going to have to talk about "flavour" and "colour" and just hope to fit in without being detected and thrown out!
I can't even figure out why there is a language option - mine is still set at the default and I can't see anything that identifies my language, although my location shows up under my name by each p
I can't even figure out why there is a language option - mine is still set at the default and I can't see anything that identifies my language, although my location shows up under my name by each p
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