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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
