Sunday, May 26, 2024

& sun., 26 may, 2024: polyglot memorial day weekend, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

[NOTE:  these terms are weaponized language,  &  meant to give offense.  Which is the whole  &  compleat  &  total  &  entire point of insult  &  invective,  obscenity  &  blasphemy,  &  other political speech.]

BAHASA INDONESIAN: Rendam benderanya di heroin dan nanti saya jilat.      ‡

GERMAN:   Tauch die Flagge im Heroin ein,  dann sauge ich sie an.      ‡

GAELIC, SCOTTISH:   Bog a' bhratach ann an heroin agus sùgidh mi oirre.      ‡

FINNISH: Kasta lippu heroiinaiin, ja mä sitten imen sitä.  ‡

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.      ‡

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. ‡

                 

‡)   “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

                        

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=curse+and+berate+in+69%2B+languages     http://softskull.com/?p=271

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