ISO innocent expletives

[Valery Belyanin]

yes,
Kakogo xrerna? (what does it mean?)
On ni xrena ne snajet (he doesn not know anything)
Na xren mne eto nado? (I do not need it a bit)
Xren ego znajet (who knows)
Xrenoten' (rubbish)
are quite innocent. and may be used in the presence of girls and women.
Valery Belyanin.

David Kaiser wrote:

> Yes, I'd been told that many people see xren as simply a less graphic
> version of another word that begins with x. However, the contexts in which
> I heard both words were such that I think the speakers considered them
> quite harmless. Perhaps I was mistaken.
>
> DK
>
> At 09:22 PM 2/22/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >> I seem to remember hearing "blin" and "xren" when people wished to curse
> >> without being nasty.
> >>
> >> DK
> >
> >I was scolded by a teacher in Voronezh once for saying blin in polite
> >company (i.e., in front of teachers).  i assume this is because it evokes
> >the other bl' word.  'xren' is also probably not *technically* all that
> >polite, since it's shape evokes a connection to a certain body part...
> >anybody else hear this?
> >
> >Dawn
> >
> >
> >******
> >
> >we are the music-makers
> > and we are the dreamers of dreams...
> >
> >arthur o'shaughnessy
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