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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