tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081854755492444172.post2365379997417337058..comments2024-03-09T09:33:00.697-08:00Comments on Imp of the Diverse: Esperanto, Diplomacy, and DuplicityJohn Dumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908646219266836986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081854755492444172.post-40781739466745041842015-02-11T16:52:05.602-08:002015-02-11T16:52:05.602-08:00Esperanto clearly has words to indicate profane an...Esperanto clearly has words to indicate profane and scatological terms. "Merdo" doesn't translate as "fecal matter" (feko), but "shit." "Fiki" doesn't mean "to have sexual intercourse," (amori) but "to fuck."<br /><br />In the end, whether a word is offensive or not ends up being a convention. Nobody gets bothered by the word "swive" anymore (because they haven't any idea what it means), but it was hot stuff in Chaucer's day.John Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08908646219266836986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081854755492444172.post-81094498092770205202015-02-11T16:19:51.034-08:002015-02-11T16:19:51.034-08:00But you cannot curse in Esperanto! Even the basic ...But you cannot curse in Esperanto! Even the basic words like 'chuj' have very different menaings and usage in Russian or Polish, for example.<br />Now if Esperanto makes up a new word, "ĥujo", it will be empty, meaningless. An empty shell of concept, not a swearword even. A completely useless thing.Elhanahttp://elhana-sw.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.com