I’m familiar with only the very basics – merde, putain (or put) and salaud, for example. If I want to live in France, I’m going to have to know how to swear properly at others, and also to recognise when I’m being sworn at.
I think I need to spend more time in the pub and on the football terraces when I next go over.
Girlbrush Freakwood is a self-knowing tree-hugging builder
Just this morning I was thinking that French is my favorite swearing language. Though I have a feeling it might get replaced by Finnish soon… =)
Scully okay
help you with that, if you want, with really modern vocabulary, unlike “sacrebleu” :)
Any tips you have would be greatly appreciated !
C.
Scully okay
No problem. Do you prefer here or in private? I advise you, I’m even worse in French, than in English. If you’re not worried about being ashamed to be involved in a talk with a bitch (salope) like me, no prob’ then.
Some of my best friends are salopes !
Either private or public is good with me – whichever you’re happier with yourself !
C,
Scully okay
In private. Not that I’m ashamed of what I am, but that could shock a great deal of people. I’m nearly finished with the message. Maybe then you can tell me if you already knew, and if there’re specific things you’d like to know. See you.
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International Dictionary of Obscenities: A Guide to Dirty Words and Indecent Expressions in Spanish, Italian, French, German and Russian
I bought this for a former boyfriend who traveled to Europe extensively.
He never had the guts to actually use it in another country (his loss really), but we had some GREAT dinner time conversations because of it.
I liked it in the fact, that it not only gave you the word and the swear meaning, but the prononciation too ;o)
caiti awesomepants old enough to know better. too young to care.
“baise tu” (idk if that’s how you spell it…prounounced “base twah”) means f you. & we always say “orloj” (again, spelling?? pronounced “or-low-je…idk how to spell the end sound!! its like a cross between a z & a j…sorry!!) it means “wall clock” lol.
Maxime is back, for now!
In France: Bordel de merde, putain de salope, sacrebleu, mince alors!
In Quebec: Ostie de tabernacle de calice de christ de saint-sacrement!
But don’t mistake yourself and use France’s expressions in Quebec, or Quebec’s expressions in France, because in both way, you’ll pass for a fool… :P
I know there’s a few differences between the dialects…but I’ve never heard sacrebleu getting used in Paris !
C.
Kalibebti bonfire for Winter Solstice or bust (& I dunno what "busting" is) !
gosh those Canadiennes are wordy
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Hi cluricaune, I came across these websites, i thought it might help on your goal :)
http://www.insults.net/html/swear/french.html
...I was on the verge of marking this goal done. Am I ever glad I didn’t !
Thanks, that’s really helpful :D
Buriedinabook Karma, karma, karma
You’re very welcome, glad to help – even though you were gonna mark it as done :D
Its always handy to be able to swear in french even in ireland
va te faire foutre
(there might be an accent on the e in ‘te’)
she says it means “go fuck yourself!”
we were talking about travel, so she wanted to help. =)
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