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.. qurgh
What about in Greek? I'm sure there are words that you use as insults to people that aren't taken to mean what the word(s) might literally mean. :)
Yes, you're 100 percent right ! qunnoq On 19 Jul 2017 6:33 pm, "mayqel qunenoS" <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
qurgh:
I use the general invectives as exclamations and the epithets as nouns or exclamations.
Wouldn't be strange though to use an epithet as an exclamation ? An epithet like {petaQ} {Qovpatlh} {taHqeq} etc, describes a person, right ?
So, how could we use it in a moment of lets say anger or frustration, without referring to a specific person ?
Would it make for example sense to say: {QapHa' jonta'. taHqeq !} ?
qunnoq
On 19 Jul 2017 6:21 pm, "qurgh lungqIj" <qurgh@wizage.net> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 10:36 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
So we have the {jay'}, which always comes at the end of the sentence, transforming the entire sentence into an invective.
But how are the other invectives i.e. {va} {Hu'tegh} {ghay'cha'} {baQa'}, used ?
Are they placed at the end of the sentence ? Somewhere else within the sentence, or are they placed between sentences ?
I use the general invectives as exclamations and the epithets as nouns or exclamations.
Qu'vatlh! nISwI'wIj nIH yaS! toDSaH ghaH!
qurgh
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