ISO innocent expletives

[Valentina Zaitseva]

-These are euphemisms (and there is a number of others); their
approprietness depends on the speakers' distance (in socio-cultural terms).

VZ

>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
>>
>>
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>>arthur o'shaughnessy
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