Sunday, July 5, 2020

& sun., 5 july, 2020: french & german & gaelic & japanese & russian & spanish fireworks cleanup: 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.]
FRENCH:  Trempe le drapeau dans de l'héroïne et je m'en accomoderai…”  
GERMAN:   Tauch die Flagge im Heroin ein,  dann sauge ich sie an.” ‡
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.” ‡
RUSSIAN:  промочи флаг героином и я поссосу!” — “Promoči flag geroinom i ya possosu!”
SPANISH:Remoja la bandera con heroina y yo lo chupo.”
   
)  Soak the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it!”
— attrib. to a famous former Commissioner of Sewers  

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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press
                        
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