Sunday, August 31, 2014

sun., 31 aug., 2014, countdown to a very european labor day, iv.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH: “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” 
FRENCH: “T. F. P.  /  Travail, Famille, Patrie”  ‡‡
FRENCH: “T. F. P.  /  Travaux forcés à perpetuité” ‡‡‡
GERMAN: “Arbeit macht frei.”  ‡‡‡‡
SPANISH:  “La unica iglesia que ilumina es la que arde.”  ‡‡‡‡‡

     ‡)   “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”    French Nat’l motto, dating fr. the French Revolution ;  
   ‡‡)   “Work, Family, Fatherland”    Nat’l motto of the Vichy Regime, the puppet govt. of the Nazi occupation ;
 ‡‡‡)   “Forced labor in perpetuity”    i.e. & e.g., “life sentence without parole,” fr. the French penal code ;
‡‡‡‡)   “Work shall make you free.”    inscribed above the gates of Nazi death camps,  most infamously,  those of Auschwitz ; 
‡‡‡‡‡)   “The only church that illuminates is a burning church.”    attributed to Piotr Kropotkin, but quoted by Durruti during the Spanish Civil War.  

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Saturday, August 30, 2014

sat., 30 aug., 2014: countdown to a very european labor day, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH: “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” 
FRENCH: “T. F. P. / Travail, Famille, Patrie”  ‡‡
FRENCH: “T. F. P. / Travaux forcés à perpetuité”  ‡‡‡

    ‡)   “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”    French Nat’l motto, dating fr. the French Revolution ;  
  ‡‡)   “Work, Family, Fatherland”    Nat’l motto of the Vichy Regime, the puppet govt. of the Nazi occupation ;
‡‡‡)   “Forced labor in perpetuity”    i.e. & e.g., “life sentence without parole,” fr. the French penal code

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Friday, August 29, 2014

fri. 29 aug., 2014: countdown to a very european labor day, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH: “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” 
FRENCH: “T. F. P.  /  Travail, Famille, Patrie”  ‡‡

  ‡)   “Liberty,  Equality,  Fraternity”    French Nat’l motto, dating fr. the French Revolution ;  
‡‡)   “Work,  Family,  Fatherland”    Nat’l motto of the Vichy Regime, the fuck-puppet govt. of the Nazi occupation 

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

thurs., 28 aug., 2014: countdown to a very european labor day, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH:  “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” 

  ‡ )  “Liberty,  Equality,  Fraternity”     French Nat’l motto,  dating fr. the French Revolution   

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

tues, 26 aug., 2014, & wed., 25 aug., 2014: deutschland unter alles, vi.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

GERMAN:  der Drecksack... 

‡ )   Lit., “Sack of shite...”  /  Sack of shite...” =  i.e.,  sack-o’shite shitty bastard, sack-o’shite rotten bastard, sack-o’shite dirty bastard, sack-o’shite filthy bastard,  & FYI probably meant pejoratively

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Monday, August 25, 2014

mon., 25 aug., 2014: russian lineages, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

RUSSIAN: байстрюк Baystruk   

  )  Lit.,  Bastard…” i.e.,  child born out of wedlock,  Whore’s child…” Etym., Ukrainian loan word.  NOTE: Bastards are still stigmatized in Ukraine, & in Russia

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

& sun., 24 aug., 2014: a most blessed & holy apostolic catalan blasphomet, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


CATALAN:  Mecàgum putas els dotze apostols putas!   § 

    §)   I shit on the dozen whore apostles’ whores!”

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

sat., 23 aug., 2014: a most blessed & holy apostolic catalan blasphomet, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

CATALAN: Mecàgum putas els dotze apostols putas!   §§

§§)  I shit on the dozen whore apostles dozen whores!   

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Friday, August 22, 2014

fri., 22 aug., 2014: the dutch of human kindness, xii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


DUTCH:  Heb je soms polio? 

   ‡ )  Do you have polio [or something]?”

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

thurs., 21 aug., 2014: italian al dente, x.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:  filmaccio  (m.)   

‡)  (a)  a real crap film(b)  a sub-straight-to-video movie;   (&/or, c)  a porno

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

wed., 20 aug., 2014: not a japanese honorific, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE:  はーふ /  ハーフ   hāfu... §

§)  Half-breed...”  /  Mongrel...”  =   any person of mixed Japanese & non-Japanese parentage;  though a common term,  it is racist & xenophobic,  & still considered insulting & offensive by many,  as illustrated in Tarantino's after-sch. special,  Kill Bill, I.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

tues., 19 aug., 2014: notes on le french pop, iii., give us This Day our Daily Curse


FRENCH:  C’est le nouvel album de Charlotte Gainsbourg ou encore un pet du chien de ta grand-mère ?  
 
‡ )  Is that the new Charlotte Gainsbourg album or is yr grandmother’s dog farting again?”  (Fr. tr. courtesy of J.H.)

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Monday, August 18, 2014

mon., 18 aug., 2014: notes on le french pop, ii., give us This Day our Daily Curse


FRENCH:  C’est le nouvel album de Air ou encore un pet du chien de ta grand-mère ?  

‡ )  Is that the new Air album or is yr grandmother’s dog farting again?”  (Fr. transl. courtesy of J.H.) 

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

& sun., 17 aug., 2014: italian blasphomets, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:  Dio maiale! 

 ‡ )  “[Filthy] Pig God!”  /  “[Filthy] Swine God!  NOTE:  intended as a blasphemous & offensive oath    a commonly heard intensive, & very popular w/ Italians,  esp. Catholics...

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

sat., 16 aug., 2014: italian blasphomets, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


ITALIAN:  Dio maiale! 

 ‡ )  “[Filthy] Pig God!”  /  “[Filthy] Swine God!”   NOTE:  intended as a blasphemous & offensive oath    a commonly heard intensive,  & very popular w/ Italians,  esp. Catholics...

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Friday, August 15, 2014

fri., 15 aug. 2014: german gymnastics, i.: : give us This Day our Daily Curse

GERMAN:  Sie wichsen zu einem Elton John plakat im Dachboden Ihrer Eltern… ‡

‡ ) “You wank to an Elton John poster in your parentsattic...”

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

thurs., 14 aug., 2014: norwegian drunk & field guide, vii: give us This Day our Daily Curse

NORWEGIAN:  kuppelhue 

  ‡)  Debilitating hangover

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

wed., 13 aug., 2014: brazilian hypocratic oaths, vi.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:   DPP / Deixa para o Próximo plantão  

‡)   L.F.N.S.”  = i.e.,   [to]  “leave  [the patientfor the next shift...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

tues., 12 aug., 2014: the dutch of human kindness, xi.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

DUTCH:  Kankerwijf...  

     )  Cancer woman...”

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Monday, August 11, 2014

mon, 11 aug., 2014: deutschland unter alles, v.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

GERMAN: die Drecksau / der Dreckskerl  

‡ )  shitty swine,  filthy swine,  shitty bastard

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Sunday, August 10, 2014

sun., 10 aug., 2014, a nagasaki day weekend thought, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE:  あの馬鹿めを起きられちゃったくせに!山本五十六元帥海軍大将  —  Ano baka-me wo okirarechatta kuse ni!  +
JAPANESE:  とうじょうちゃんはどんぴしゃりだったわ!  —   Tōjō-chan wa donpishari datta wa!   ++
JAPANESE:  東條は正しかっただ。— Tōjō wa tadashikatta da.  ++
 
 +)  We woke those dumbasses up [and it’s your fault!]”)  — What Admiral Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto really said [to Tōjō on 7 Dec., 1941]
++)  Tōjō was right.” 

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Saturday, August 9, 2014

sat., 9 aug., 2012, a nagasaki day weekend thought, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE:  あの馬鹿めを起きられちゃったくせに!山本五十六元帥海軍大将  —  Ano baka-me wo okirarechatta kuse ni!  +

JAPANESE:  とうじょうちゃんはどんぴしゃりだったわ!  —  Tōjō-chan wa donpishari datta wa!   ++

  + )  “We woke those dumbasses up [and it’s your fault!]”)   —  What Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto really said [to Tōjō on 7 Dec., 1941]

++ )  “Tōjō was right.”
  
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Friday, August 8, 2014

fri., 8 aug., 2014: argentine staycation, v.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH:  ¡Eso topo dejo los forros en el telo!  (m.)  /  ¡Esa topo dejo los forros en el telo!  (f.)    

‡ )   “That slut left the condoms in the [love] hotel!  [NOTE:  “Love hotels” — available by the hr. — originated in Japan, but are popular in Argentina & other countries,  where young people who’ve moved back in w/ their parents can find more personal spaces for more personal transactions]   

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

thurs., 7 aug., 2014: italian al dente, ix.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:  Figlio di finocchio... (m.)  

‡)    Son of a queer...” NOTE: Considered esp. insulting if used by a straight person;  & still may be intended so if used by a G/L/B/T/Q/etc. person...  Etym.,  finocchio  =  fennel,  in ref.  to male-on-male oral sex

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

wed., 6 aug., 2014: a japanese hiroshima day thought: give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE:  あの馬鹿めを起きられちゃったくせに!山本五十六元帥海軍大将 — Ano baka-me wo okirarechatta kuse ni!  +
 
 + )  We woke those dumbasses up  [and it’s your fault!]”)  — What Admiral Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto really said [to Tōjō on 7 Dec., 1941]

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

tues., 5 aug., 2014: brazilian hypocratic oaths, vii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:  Mulambo  

‡)  Lit., beggar” =  i.e.,  public outpatient clinic’s poor & indigent patients

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Monday, August 4, 2014

mon., 4 aug., 2014: close yr eyes & think of finland, ii.: : give us This Day our Daily Curse

FINNISH:  Voit wank to Celine Dion juliste vanhempienne ullakko .... ‡

) “You wank to a Celine Dion John poster in your parentsattic...” [Thanks to M.L. for tr. assistance]

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Sunday, August 3, 2014

& sun., 3 aug., 2014: a most blessed & holy apostolic catalan blasphomet, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

CATALAN:   Mecàgum les putas llagues de Crist!   §

  §)  I shit on the whore’s wounds of Christ!”  /  I shit on the bitch wounds of Christ!”   

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Saturday, August 2, 2014

sat., 2 aug., 2014: a most blessed & holy apostolic catalan blasphomet, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

CATALAN:   Mecàgum les putas llagues de Crist!   §

 §)  I shit on the whore’s wounds of Christ!”  /  I shit on the bitch wounds of Christ!”    

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Friday, August 1, 2014

fri., 1 aug., 2014: & yr macedonian mum dresses you funny: give us This Day our Daily Curse


MACEDONIAN:   изрод    izrod   +

 + )    freak; odd-ball.

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