On Tuesday 20 July 2004 07:49, Silvan wrote:
> I wonder if this is a cultural thing, like how I used to have a professor
> (Colombiana) who would say "�no me jodas!" all the time, but would
> completely freak out if I said "culo" in class.  I always translated the
> former as "don't fuck around with me" which was seriously surprising coming
> out of her mouth, with her being so prim and proper about everything.  I
> never could figure out why she was so offended by the word "ass."  Even in
> English.

LOL!

In some Spanish speaking countries, to fuck is said "coger" instead of 
"joder", being the latter word some kind of wildcard, and a very, very slight 
swearword. Are you sure you didn't say something like "coger su culo"? ;-)

Regards,
Pedro



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