sat., 7 june, 2014, & sun., 8 june, 2014: a perversely catholic declaration of faith, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH:   ¡Gracias a Dios que soy ateo!   §

 § ) “Thank God I’m an atheist!” — attributed to Spanish surrealist & filmmaker Luis Buñuel 

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fri., 6 june, 2014: a japanese stayacation, iii (or, why don’t we do it in the rōdo...?): give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE:  ろーどしょ /  ロードショー  =  rōdo shō  §

  §)  Sex acts performed in public-&/or-privatized spaces: office cubicle, cinema, museum, cemetery, bus, tram, train, in wooded area or park, playground, beach, public loo; in semi-private space: (in a) parked car (sometimes parked in a carpark), back seat of a taxicab, a front yard or back yard with no or little fencing, in a living room or den or bedroom looking out onto the front street or out to neighbors, with the curtains opened wide

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thurs., 5 june, 2014: notes on french pop music, vi., give us This Day our Daily Curse

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

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

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wed., 4 june, 2014: norwegian drink & field guide, v: give us This Day our Daily Curse

NORWEGIAN:  Ferske   ‡

 ‡ )  (To) catch anyone in the act doing petty criminal deeds, or (to) catch anyone doing something really fucking  idiotic

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tues., 3 june, 2014: brazilian hypocratic oaths, xix.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:  Trubufu    ‡

‡)   Lit. “ugly & fat black woman...”  =  Afro-Brazilian obstetric patient   [Not usually considered particularly racist in Brazil,  where a vast majority, 70—75%,  of the population is mulatto...  the operative insults here are “ugly & fat”... ]

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mon., 2 june, 2014: give it to der Junge, or deutschland unter alles, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

GERMAN:  der Warmer Bruder...  ‡

   ‡ )  Lit., “Warm Brother...”  / “The Warm Brother...”  =  i.e.,  gay man;  homosexual  —  may be used affectionately,  ironically,  or pejoratively;  or on a cold, cold night

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& sun., 1 june, 2014: maltese political science, iv.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

MALTESE: Imbullek fuq liba vatikan!    ‡

MALTESE:  Qisek “Imbullek  fuq liba vatikan”?!?!   ‡‡

  ‡ )  “I piss on the Vatican!”

‡‡ )  [Don’t be particularly surprised if a devout Catholic pers. with fascistic tendencies who’s just finished aiding & abetting a child molestation replies to the above with...: ] “What’s with all this ‘I piss on the Vatican’?!”

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