ISO innocent expletives

[Alexey I. Fuchs]

If I understand you right, in Russian it might be:
-Chiort poberi!
-Chiort voz'mi! (Let the devil take it)

Just short "chiort!"

or, more vulgar and colloquial: "Blin!" (by similarity to "bliad'," very
vulgar, but as far as I know springing from Polish "mistake," homonymous
to "lewd woman.").

Others I know are much more vulgar. There is a whole lot of them, ranging
from dull to shocking and creative, even humorous.

If you are interested in the vulgar forms, contact me off-list.


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                                                                A.F.

On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Devin Browne wrote:

> Hi all - I need some equivalents of "darn it!" or "shoot!" in various
> languages.  I have "zut!" in French, "mist!" in German.  The Russian ones I
> know are not so innocent and I can't recall the mild ones.  I could use a
> Spanish and Italian one.  Japanese or Latin (??) would be fun as well.
> Please email them directly to me at this address:  dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu
>
> Thanks!
>
> Devin
>
> Devin P Browne
> dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu
>
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