Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 13:27:50 11/03/03
Go up one level in this thread
On November 03, 2003 at 14:20:42, Tord Romstad wrote: >On November 03, 2003 at 13:32:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>However "absolute idiot" != "fucking idiot" by any stretch. > >To me, the stretch is not very wide. This is probably mostly a cultural >and linguistic difference. Sexual words don't carry as strong negative >connotations in Europe as in the US, and the phrase "fucking idiot" probably >doesn't look quite as offensive to most Europeans as it does to you. Oh? ;) As a determined non-swearer (because, where I come from, such words are used to improve the rhythm of the sentence) I dissent! >When using a foreign language, it is easy to overstep the line with >profanities. A remark which sounds only mildly offensive in one language >will often sound much worse in another. This should always be kept in >mind when reading posts from contributors whose native language is not >American English. Just don't use them at all. If it can't be said in plain English it's not worth saying ... Alastair
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.