I had a request for this one (text provided, believed to be correct, in part based on it being used by an "angry Welsh person") 😆
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OK, lets give this a shot. Basically with my linguistics skills I will be able to do ONE more. That would be quite a short series. To make it longer a fedi collaboration will be required
If you fancy helping please let me know how to write "for fuck's sake" in your language (native, or one you're pretty fluent in - no literal translations from machines please).
Of course the big question is whether it's used elsewhere?
It *might* be a very short series
@eclectech Another one in Spanish I personally use a lot is "Me cago en todo lo cagable". It translates to something like "I shit on everything that's shitable".
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I had a request for this one (text provided, believed to be correct, in part based on it being used by an "angry Welsh person")
Considering making this the first in a series. A multilingual collection of "for fuck's sake".
I could eventually make a poster of colourful global disgruntlement.
My sister-in-law who teaches German says that the idiomatic translation in German would most likely be "Ach, du Scheiße!" though there are a variety of idioms that would work depending on where in Germany you live.
It literally translates as "Oh you shit!"
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@eclectech you can say “eccheccazzo!” in Italian to mean ffs. And in Spanish you could use “La puta que lo parió” for this. At least in Argentina.
Respectively, their literal meanings are “which dick?” and “the whore who birthed it”.
In "chilean" it would be:
"Por la puta" (for the whore)
"Por la conchasumadre" (mutation of "for the <vagina?> of the mother")
"Por la mierda" (For the shit)
"Por la puta madre" (For the mother whore)And I know I'm forgetting at least one more
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In "chilean" it would be:
"Por la puta" (for the whore)
"Por la conchasumadre" (mutation of "for the <vagina?> of the mother")
"Por la mierda" (For the shit)
"Por la puta madre" (For the mother whore)And I know I'm forgetting at least one more
@Tiempo @eclectech "Por la cresta" is the common minced oath.
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@eclectech the closest swedish equivalent would be "för i helvete" (for hell [sake]). The word for fucking isn't a swear.
@silhelm @eclectech yeah, this was the closest one I could think of too.
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@Tiempo @eclectech "Por la cresta" is the common minced oath.
Esa olvidaba, pero cada vez se usa menos. Es como más de gente o más vieja o más cuica
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@CiaraNi @eclectech Sure, but what I meant was that swear words aren't related to sex in the way they are, for example, in French (va te faire foutre/nique ta mère etc).
@MiaMarkTwo
I was reminded recently of the idea that swear words have origins in three categories: religion, sex, and excrement. I find it interesting that there's (at least) one less category represented in Scandinavian languages.
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OK, lets give this a shot. Basically with my linguistics skills I will be able to do ONE more. That would be quite a short series. To make it longer a fedi collaboration will be required
If you fancy helping please let me know how to write "for fuck's sake" in your language (native, or one you're pretty fluent in - no literal translations from machines please).
Of course the big question is whether it's used elsewhere?
It *might* be a very short series
@eclectech In french I'd translate as "bordel de merde" (lit. "shit brothel"), or just "bordel" for short.
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@CiaraNi @silhelm @eclectech I’d go with “For helvede da også” as getting closest.
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OK, lets give this a shot. Basically with my linguistics skills I will be able to do ONE more. That would be quite a short series. To make it longer a fedi collaboration will be required
If you fancy helping please let me know how to write "for fuck's sake" in your language (native, or one you're pretty fluent in - no literal translations from machines please).
Of course the big question is whether it's used elsewhere?
It *might* be a very short series
@eclectech In German, much of this is regional; "high German" does not have much colour. What I can think of is from southern dialects:
"Kreuz, Birnbaum und Hollerstauden!" - "Cross, pear tree, and elder bushes!". I'm given to understand that the etymology is "start a religiously loaded curse, but then change it to something you won't have to bring up at confession". Mostly it's satisfying to yell.
"Himmel, Arsch und Wolkenbruch" (or "... und Zwirn" or "... und Schornsteinfeger") - "heaven, arse, and sudden torrential rain" / "... and sewing thread" / "... and chimney sweep". Again, just very yellable, etymology otherwise unknown and probably unnecessary.
"Heilandzack!" shortened from "Heilands Sakrament" – "Saviour's sacrament".
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OK, lets give this a shot. Basically with my linguistics skills I will be able to do ONE more. That would be quite a short series. To make it longer a fedi collaboration will be required
If you fancy helping please let me know how to write "for fuck's sake" in your language (native, or one you're pretty fluent in - no literal translations from machines please).
Of course the big question is whether it's used elsewhere?
It *might* be a very short series
@eclectech In Mexico we say "Oh que la chingada" for "Oh ffs"
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OK, lets give this a shot. Basically with my linguistics skills I will be able to do ONE more. That would be quite a short series. To make it longer a fedi collaboration will be required
If you fancy helping please let me know how to write "for fuck's sake" in your language (native, or one you're pretty fluent in - no literal translations from machines please).
Of course the big question is whether it's used elsewhere?
It *might* be a very short series
@eclectech in finnish the equivalent would be "voi vittu soikoon" (lit. may the fuck/pussy ring out) -
@eclectech In German, much of this is regional; "high German" does not have much colour. What I can think of is from southern dialects:
"Kreuz, Birnbaum und Hollerstauden!" - "Cross, pear tree, and elder bushes!". I'm given to understand that the etymology is "start a religiously loaded curse, but then change it to something you won't have to bring up at confession". Mostly it's satisfying to yell.
"Himmel, Arsch und Wolkenbruch" (or "... und Zwirn" or "... und Schornsteinfeger") - "heaven, arse, and sudden torrential rain" / "... and sewing thread" / "... and chimney sweep". Again, just very yellable, etymology otherwise unknown and probably unnecessary.
"Heilandzack!" shortened from "Heilands Sakrament" – "Saviour's sacrament".
@gabe @eclectech +1 for "Himmel, Arsch und Zwirn"
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@eclectech in finnish the equivalent would be "voi vittu soikoon" (lit. may the fuck/pussy ring out)
@mintey @eclectech Or simply "Voi vittu!", (for cunt's (sake)), emphasis on all three syllables.
Vittu could be described as an even more verstile equivalent for the English language's fuck.
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@MiaMarkTwo @eclectech cazzo and minchia both mean “cock” and are interchangeable, yes. But “eccheccazzo” is its own thing.
@adriano @MiaMarkTwo @eclectech I was taught never to say "katso merta" ("look at the sea") in the company or even an earshot of an Italian.
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@adriano @MiaMarkTwo @eclectech I was taught never to say "katso merta" ("look at the sea") in the company or even an earshot of an Italian.
I mean. It's not like we have these swears to not use them, it just takes knowing the appropriate context. Like a football match. Or a TV show. Or a family meal. Or a work situation.
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I mean. It's not like we have these swears to not use them, it just takes knowing the appropriate context. Like a football match. Or a TV show. Or a family meal. Or a work situation.
@adriano @MiaMarkTwo @eclectech I was about twelve at that point and was definitely not told what my innocent sea looking words would sound like to somebody speaking Italian
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@eclectech In Japanese, まったく (mattaku) or まったくもう (mattakumou), which are usually translated "Honestly ... !" or "Good grief!"
From the root really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly (according to jisho.org). Becomes FFS depending on the context or intonation.
[Not a native, but I've lived here for decades and have been on both the giving and receiving end of this word.]
@oheso @eclectech My parents are Japanese and I grew up in a Japanese-speaking household immersed in Japanese media, and まったくもうwas the closest equivalent I could think of. I'm both relieved to get corroboration and a little disappointed that I didn't get to learn some secret, far more profane Japanese phrase that my parents wouldn't use in front of me.
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@oheso @eclectech My parents are Japanese and I grew up in a Japanese-speaking household immersed in Japanese media, and まったくもうwas the closest equivalent I could think of. I'm both relieved to get corroboration and a little disappointed that I didn't get to learn some secret, far more profane Japanese phrase that my parents wouldn't use in front of me.
@twotone @eclectech Thank you for corroborating me as well.
For the secret, ultra-profane stuff, try teaching your Japanese wife to drive. (Hint: you already know it. There just aren’t a lot of bad words.)
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OK, lets give this a shot. Basically with my linguistics skills I will be able to do ONE more. That would be quite a short series. To make it longer a fedi collaboration will be required
If you fancy helping please let me know how to write "for fuck's sake" in your language (native, or one you're pretty fluent in - no literal translations from machines please).
Of course the big question is whether it's used elsewhere?
It *might* be a very short series
@eclectech
Thai, provided by my partner who is Thai:ห่าอะไรวะ
Literal translation would be something like "what kind of cholera is this?"
