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Catherynne M. Valente
@Catvalente@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

I need the phrase (or its equivalent in everyday casual speech) of “What the fuck” in as many languages as possible.

Go.

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Andrés Hirunatan 🐌
@hirunatan@xarxa.cloud replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@Catvalente @Gacela1980

I'm missing here some variations in Argentinian Spanish. Anyone here? They have very gruesome curse expressions.

E.g. they say "la concha de tu madre" o "la concha de la Lora" (concha is the cunt) to express angry surprise.

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Laura
@laescude@mastodon.cr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@Catvalente ¿Qué es esa picha? - What’s that penis? Costa Rican slang
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Kat Marchán 🐈
@zkat@toot.cat replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@Catvalente

es-PR:

  • qué carajo?
  • qué coño?
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Russ Sharek
@RussSharek@mastodon.art replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@Catvalente

Kio la fek?

#esperanto

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The Doctor
@drwho@masto.hackers.town replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@RussSharek @Catvalente I was expecting you to speak in Tokipona.
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Russ Sharek
@RussSharek@mastodon.art replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@drwho @Catvalente

I was surprised to not see Esperanto represented, and jumped at the chance.

For toki pona, I might use 'pakala seme?' Though it's a tiny bit of a stretch.

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The Doctor
@drwho@masto.hackers.town replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@RussSharek @Catvalente Hmm. Have to check my dictionary.
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anamuk
@anamuk@esperanto.masto.host replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@RussSharek @Catvalente or kia la feko

"what kind of shit"

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Russ Sharek
@RussSharek@mastodon.art replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@anamuk @Catvalente

I like that phrase too.

Mine suggestion translated as closer "what the shit", which always felt right to me.

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Akaer
@Akaer@d-64.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@Catvalente German: „Was zur Hölle/Was zum Teufel/Henker?“ (what the hell/devil/executioner); Bavarian/Austrian dialect: „Oida!“ (direct meaning: „age/old man“, curse meaning is realized through inflection/emphasis)
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algernon knows what he was doing, but went for a nap instead
@algernon@come-from.mad-scientist.club replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@Catvalente Hungarian: "Mi a fasz?!"
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