A Call For Humor!

[Robin L]

I learned from the International dictionary of obscenities : a guide to dirty words and indecent expressions in Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian by Christina Kunitskaya-Peterson that the literal meanings of German obscenities are the mildest, which might be a surprise to some given that, as the graphic above suggests, ordering lunch in German sounds like the pronouncement of a world-ending verdict from a Lovecraft monster, and that the Spanish have the best curses, for example "I sh¦t on the twenty-four testicles of the apostles of Christ."

International dictionary of obscenities : a guide to dirty words and indecent expressions in Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian : Kunitskaya-Peterson, Christina : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Amazon.com: International Dictionary of Obscenities: A Guide to Dirty Words and Indecent Expressions in Spanish, Italian, French, German and Russian: 9780933884182: Kunitskaya-Peterson, Christina: Books

Amazon.com: International Dictionary of Obscenities: A Guide to Dirty Words and Indecent Expressions in Spanish, Italian, French, German and Russian: 9780933884182: Kunitskaya-Peterson, Christina: Books

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Good to know.

And if you, for some reason, feel the need to sound unspeakably pretentious, here's the book for you:

The Highly Selective Dictionary for the Extraordinarily Literate:

. . . whole lotta words you didn't know you could get away with using.

 

[KellenVancouver]

 

[Multicore]

Ask Radio Yerevan​

(And other Soviet-era jokes?)

Public service radio has often featured programs in which listener's questions were answered. Radio Yerevan was a well known example.

Radio Yerevan was asked: Is it true that Rabinovich won a new car in the state lottery?​

We answered: That is correct except it wasn't a car, it was a bicycle, and he didn't win it, it was stolen from him.​

Also

Radio Yerevan was asked: Please explain the difference between communism and capitalism.​

We answered: Capitalism is a system in which man exploits man while in communism it is the other way around.​

 

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Prior Art:

Three wise monkeys - Wikipedia

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Ask Radio Yerevan​

(And other Soviet-era jokes?)

Public service radio has often featured programs in which listener's questions were answered. Radio Yerevan was a well known example.

Radio Yerevan was asked: Is it true that Rabinovich won a new car in the state lottery?​

We answered: That is correct except it wasn't a car, it was a bicycle, and he didn't win it, it was stolen from him.​

Also

Radio Yerevan was asked: Please explain the difference between communism and capitalism.​

We answered: Capitalism is a system in which man exploits man while in communism it is the other way around.​

Listener: Is it true that the Soviet Union is censoring the press?
R.Y.: No. And we are not allowed to discuss it further.

 

[somebodyelse]

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We treat it like a joke, but that was largely the intention. Blackadder had other ideas...

All perfectly cromulent words, I'm sure you'll agree.

 

[Multicore]

Listener: Is it true that the Soviet Union is censoring the press?
R.Y.: No. And we are not allowed to discuss it further.

Radio Yerevan was asked: “Why did they establish a Ministry of Navy in landlocked Armenia. Do you have a sea?”
Radio Yerevan answered: “To spite Azerbaijan. They established a Ministry of Culture.”

 

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Radio Yerevan was asked: “Why did they establish a Ministry of Navy in landlocked Armenia. Do you have a sea?”
Radio Yerevan answered: “To spite Azerbaijan. They established a Ministry of Culture.”

L: Will our Generals still wear their sheepskin hats in the year 2000?
RY: Not likely. Their population is already larger than that of sheep.

 

[Soandso]

 

[Ropeburn]

Speaking of Goethe - my inner little devil prompted me to treat a British colleague to a (partly) fake piece from Schiller - "der Kupferschmied"

Gefährlich ist’s den Leu zu wecken,
Verderblich ist des Tigers Zahn,
Jedoch der schrecklichste der Schrecken
Den Kupferschmied am Arsch zu lecken,
Denn da ist Grünspan dran.

If Goethe spoke old East Germanic, he'd be Gothe

...I'll take me coat

 

[Member 90125]

 

[Ropeburn]

 

[mhardy6647]

If Goethe spoke old East Germanic, he'd be Gothe

...I'll take me coat

Dude.

I minored in German at a moderately reputable private research-oriented university (Matt Polk's alma mater ).
I was (maybe, technically, I still am) a member of not one but two German honorary fraternities.

Pronouncing Goethe properly makes my brain twist up in a knot and start shuddering violently like one of those little yippy dogs old people have.

 

[Ropeburn]

Dude.

I minored in German at a moderately reputable private research-oriented university (Matt Polk's alma mater ).
I was (maybe, technically, I still am) a member of not one but two German honorary fraternities.

Pronouncing Goethe properly makes my brain twist up in a knot and start shuddering violently like one of those little yippy dogs old people have.

If you ever feel inadequate, don't worry but ask your German friends to pronounce the Dutch town of Scheveningen.

It's virtually impossible to get right for a non native, and legend has it it's how the Dutch resistance identified German infiltrators, who usually had nailed Dutch otherwise. They might even appreciate the historic reference.

 

[Brian Hall]

 

[Ropeburn]

 

[Waxx]

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Hey, we need them to park double on the street with blinkers because we are to lazy to find a free parking spot nearby...

 

[Ropeburn]

Me refreshing the tracking page after ordering new gear

 

[MatrixS2000]

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Wow - types the same as me….lol

 

[Ropeburn]