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From: David Zincavage <>
Subject: [LITHUANIA-L] Curses
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 10:59:03 -0500 (EST)

I'm offended by bad history. The lack of foul language in Lithuanian,
nothing but _rupuzhe_, has been commonly noted as expressive of the national
character.

I don't know who assembled that sight, but his collection of anatomical
and scatalogical terms, struck me as vulgar and misleading. It's more of
lavatory stall, than a web-site. The fact that the Lithuanian language had
terms for excrement and the reproductive act and organs does not indicate
that our ancestors used these terms as we do in English, as opprobrious
epithets or emotionally expressive outbursts.

> I hope no one gets offended, but I found this odd site on the web that
> has many Lithuanian curse words. You can click on them and hear them
> being spoken. Don't ask why I posted this, I feel like a teenager
> again. Gary

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