Monday, May 25, 2020

& mon., 25 may, 2020: (finnish & scots gailic & japanese) (not) almost amnesia day, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the whole & compleat point of insult & invective, obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]
FINNISH: “Kasta lippu heroiinaiin, ja mä sitten imen sitä.” 
GAELIC, SCOTTISH: Bog a' bhratach ann an heroin agus sùgidh mi oirre.
JAPANESE: もし旗をヘロに濡らしたら、俺はちゅうちゅう吸うだぜ。 — Moshi hata wo hero ni nurashitara, ore wa chū-chū sū da ze. ‡
          
‡)  “Immerse the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it!”  /  “Soak the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it!”
— attrib. to a famous former Commisssioner of Sewers  

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