ISO innocent expletives

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"Alexey I. Fuchs" wrote:

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

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>                                          _
>                                                                 A.F.

By its meaning (the Devil!), "chort" might be considered equivalent to "Hell!",
but I believe its actual force is closer to "Heck!" or "Darn!". What do the
native speakers or bilinguals out there think?

Earl Sampson

>
>
> 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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