mon., 8 sept., 2014: brazilian hypocratic oaths, v.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:   Engessar   ‡‡

‡‡)  Lit.,  “to place  [patient]  in a cast”  =  any sort of treatment that makes the patient quit whinging & just shut the fuck up 

  

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sat., 6 sept., 2014, & sun., 7 sept., 2014: a most blessed & holy catalan blasphomet, give us This Day our Daily Curse

CATALAN:   El cony sagrat!   §

 §)  “Sacred cunt!” 

 

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fri., 5 sept., 2014: close yr eyes & think of finland, iii.: : give us This Day our Daily Curse

FINNISH:  Olet wank Tom of Suomen postimerkit ... ‡

‡‡)  “You wank on Tom of Finland postage stamps...”   NOTE:  In fall of 2014 the Finnish postal service released a series of very “cheeky” & stamptastic homoerotic Tom of Finland stamps to honor perhaps the most iconic gay artist of the 20^th. c.  [Thanks to M.L. for tr. assistance]

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thurs., 4 sept., 2014: the dutch of human kindness, xxv.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

DUTCH:  Matennaaier...  ‡

   ‡)  Lit.,  “Friend fucker...”  =  i.e.,  someone in the habit of fucking over or under  &  otherwise  betraying their friends & mates;  a Judas wannabe

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wed., 3 sept., 2014: armenian to thee & me, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ARMENIAN:  Գանդոն ...  —  Gandon... ‡‡

   ‡   Lit., “Condom”... i.e.,  “Dickhead...” or “Motherfucker” ;  Etym., Russ.,  гондон — gondón = condom

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tues., 2 sept., 2014: icelandic idolatry, iii.: : give us This Day our Daily Curse

ICELANDIC:  Þú skíthæll burt á Tom Finnlands frímerkjum ... ‡

‡‡)  “You wank on Tom of Finland postage stamps...”     NOTE:  In fall of 2014 the Finnish postal service released a series of very “cheeky” & stamptastic homoerotic Tom of Finland stamps to honor perhaps the most iconic gay artist of the 20^th. c.  [Thanks to M.L. for tr. assistance]

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mon., 1 sept., 2014, countdown to a very european labor day, v.: 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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