[tlhIngan Hol] With regards to invectives

qurgh lungqIj qurgh at wizage.net
Wed Jul 19 08:44:37 PDT 2017


On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:39 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> qurgh:
> > Is there any difference between "arsehole" and "dickhead", or
> > "damn it" and "bloody hell"?  Not that I know of. They are just
> >  words and phrases used to insult or show
> > annoyance/frustration/pain/etc.
>
> You're right. The only difference I can think of, is that the first two
> describe a person, while the second pair can be used as exclamations in
> response to an unfortunate situation, anger etc..
>

For sure! I wanted to give examples of both epithets and general invectives
to cover both types of insults. I didn't intend to add any confusion (if
that happened).

qurgh
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