bunga-bunga

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Come on, Larry. You know that the French have [o]~ schwa merger in stressed positions.  The French do not pay any attention to Tom Z, either! Regardless of how you spell it, it is just what the hero of CLOCKWORK ORANGE called "the old in-out in-out"--or "bonking" in the slang of the 1980s.

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On Feb 26, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

> At 2:09 PM -0500 2/26/11, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> Does this mean what I think it means?
>>
>> JL
>
> OK, so "bonga bonga" we all know is just group
> anal sex.  Big deal. So a large majority of
> Italians didn't know that before yesterday; I'm
> sure this was old hat to Americans, as
> well-informed as we are.  But I thought we were
> talking about "bunga-bunga".  That really *is* a
> mystery.  I'm guessing it refers to a group of
> people sitting around the fireplace in fine linen
> and silk drinking Barolo and discussing the
> relative merits of the Florentine and Sienese
> masters of the quattrocento.
>
> LH
>
>
>>
>> 2011/2/26 Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com>
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>>> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Jonathan Lighter
>>> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > bunga-bunga
>>>
>>> Perhaps the fact of the matter:
>>>
>>> Chez Berlusconi, des soirees qui finissent en _« bunga-bunga »_
>>> L'avocat de Lele Mora tente, en vain, d'assister a l'interrogatoire de
>>> Ruby. Devant les commissaires, Ruby raconte son histoire : les soirees
>>> dans la residence de Berlusconi a Arcore, en presence du President du
>>> conseil ; le role d'entremetteur joue par Emilio Fede - repondant a la
>>> presse, ce dernier a desavoue toute responsabilite dans l'affaire, et
>>> en meme temps a confirme d'avoir connu la jeune fille, chez
>>> Berlusconi.
>>>
>>> Ruby decrit le deroulement des festins, auxquelles participent
>>> plusieurs filles : un diner suivi d'une _« bunga-bunga »_.
>>>
>>> Dans un entretien recent, et citant une blague de Berlusconi, Noemi
>>> Letitia avait utilisé la meme etrange expression. Personne, alors,
>>> n'avait donne de l'importance a ce detail qu'aujourd'hui apparait
>>> precieux.
>>>
>>> C'est que, jusqu'a hier, _« bonga bonga »_ etait un concept meconnu de
>>> la grande majorite des Italiens. Aujourd'hui, on decouvre que, dans le
>>> milieu restreint des amis du Premier ministre, cela veut dire _« sexe
>>> anal de groupe »_.
>>>
>>> http://goo.gl/ZmciG
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