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Pronunciation: IPA: [ˈt͡ɕɛmnɔ ˈjak v dupʲɛ u muʐɨna] Very dark. Literally "as dark as the inside of a black person's ass" Skośny Pronunciation: IPA: [ˈskɔɕnɨ] An offensive term for an Asian person. In a non-vulgar context: diagonal. Żółtek Pronunciation: IPA: An offensive term for an Asian person, literally "yellowie".
The name is of Indo-European origin; Perkwunos is the reconstructed name of the god of thunder. Some researchers consider Perkele to be an original name of the thunder god Ukko, the chief god of the Finnish pagan pantheon, [6] but this view is not shared by all researchers. [7]
[citation needed] Such words are often rendered in a more-or-less diligent English pronunciation, suggesting code-switching, though more assimilated Swedish approximations, [ɕit:] for shit, [fak:] for fuck, are also common.
Italian writers have often used profanity for the "spice" it adds to their publications. This is an example from a seventeenth century collection of tales, the Pentamerone, [99] by the Neapolitan Giambattista Basile:
Profanity in the Norwegian language is referred to in Norwegian as banneord (curse words) or simply upassende språk (inappropriate language). Many words are characterized by dialect. The offensiveness and strength of a word may be very different between regions. People from Northern Norway in particular are known for swearing in public. [1]
Let's be honest: Some words are really hard to pronounce. So some Redditors set out to determine the most difficult words to pronounce in the English language. You ready? After more than 5,000 ...
The boy’s name Oisín and the girl’s name Róisín are Ush-een and Rush-een in most parts of the country, but O-sheen and Ro-sheen in others. When a fada appears over an i at the end of a name ...
For exact and comprehensive pronunciation of words and phrases, especially ones written with the apostrophes, the rules of Romanization of Georgian and IPA are essential. The Georgian Orthodox Church and Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia have traditionally been very critical of Georgian profanity, describing it as "words of death and ...