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David Yehudah wrote:

Hebrew has no curse words, so the Israelis curse in Arabic. The
worst you can do in Hebrew is "atta beheymah (you're an
animal)" or "lech l'Azazel (go to the devil).

I didn't know that. I mean, I know it was a "dead" language for eons
(as far as common speech is concerned) before Israel was established,
but didn't the ancients ever swear?? For that matter, haven't any new
curses been invented? I guess not, apparently they don't need to, with
the availability of Arabic swears.


I dunno - I had a Japanese friend for a while, over here as
an exchange student. He swore colourfully and fluently in
Scots English..... and said that his native Japanese had no
curse words he could really use.

So that's probably why they are so prone to seppuko -
can't curse worth a darn, so they have to go commit
violence on themselves!


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