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Subject: Re: please insult me (in some other language)
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In article <D87z7q.7Hv@midway.uchicago.edu>,
   deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff) wrote:

[...]

>Common German insults include "Fick Dich in den Arsch!" and "Leck
>mich am Arsch!" 

The same in Czech "Vyliz (Polib) mi prdel!" (lick (or kiss) my arse)

>One of my favourite insults is the Latin "FVTEO TVVM ET CABALLVM
>IPSVM!" which I often use in English in the truncated form "AND the
>horse you rode in on!"
>
>As for Arabic, I wish I could remember the Levantine for "May your
>religion be destroyed!"  There's something so over-the-top about it.

Grrrrrr. I am irreligious person but I suspect I would still get
somewhat miffed if anybody yelled that at me. I guess it's the old
trick, if you want to hurt somebody badly, you don't waste time
insulting him, you insult his mother, sister, family, country or religion.

Anybody knows the origins of "May all your children be stillborn!".
Is it Italian?

>And speaking of over-the-top, does anyone out there remember the
>Polish for "Your mother drips dog's blood!"?  Talk about making
>"Sonuvabitch!" look tame and deferential!


