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jud
Joined: 25 May 2003
Posts: 127
Location: Italy
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Arioch said:
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| JUD ... you're from Japan? |
No, I live in Italy. Actually, Italians sometimes use that word you mentioned. I explain that it is a slur and therefore they will offend many people by using it, including myself.
I understand that using the Lord's name in vain could offend someone, but for me it is quite different from a slur. If I called you a Christian pig or something similar, I could understand you sending me to the principal.
My point was that here, in a lay country that is in any case predominantly Catholic, people say, loosely translated, "Madonna pig", "Christ," "Buddah's sh*t", "Pig Judas" and many other things similar and they seem to be quite calm about it. |
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saudade
Joined: 11 Feb 2004
Posts: 48
Location: Campinas, Brazil
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In Brazilian Portuguese, the word for bread is p�o. It's easy to mispronounce this word when you're new to the language, and say pau (wood) which is a slang term for I-think-you-can-guess-what. I was grateful that people explained this. It's not like I went around shouting it out and giggling, but I was grateful I had the knowledge, and it was an effective motivation technique, since I really worked on my nasalization after that. 
Personally, I just think there are so many cool, hilarious idiomatic expressions in English that it's a shame not to waste your "fun time" on them. |
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arioch36
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Posts: 3589
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If my students said something that could easily be misinterpreted, I will help them. So far the only problem word has been Bu Shi , which, among other things, can be not I (I'm not) etc. Sounds a lot like the BS word.
I'm afraid the worst thing I have ever taught (and I did it because I had no lesson plan) wa how to say throw up (technicolor yawn, praying to the porcelain goddess, etc.)
For a class going overseas, I will teach 101 ways to say the bathroom |
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