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The Touchy Subject
Dec 20, 2024 07:44
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new_etymology
December 20 2024, 05:40:44 UTC
Lovely
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jescid
December 20 2024, 08:21:21 UTC
> They are embarrassed to believe that PRICK is a brother of the Russian PYRKA пырка "penis",
Both prick and пырка initially have no this meaning, though… - just a move of piercing something…
> However, they ignore the Russian PYRKA пырка.
Oh, don't be so picky…
They ignore the other languages only because they think they have no need to learn them :)
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dwimmerdell
December 21 2024, 02:40:03 UTC
Laddie (from lad) is close enough to lady. I wonder which came first?
The only bit lost on me is "kur". But I do know cur as a coward or a mean mutt.
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Lovely
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Both prick and пырка initially have no this meaning, though… - just a move of piercing something…
> However, they ignore the Russian PYRKA пырка.
Oh, don't be so picky…
They ignore the other languages only because they think they have no need to learn them :)
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Laddie (from lad) is close enough to lady. I wonder which came first?
The only bit lost on me is "kur". But I do know cur as a coward or a mean mutt.
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