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| #18 (permalink) Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:18 am is this vulgar or not? |
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| who even use the word between the different syllables of a word such as 'television', |
Hi, Alan
Do I understand you correctly? they say "tele fu*king vision" ? 
If yes, then wow, this made me titter, sounds funny even to my non-native ear  |
You understood him correctly. One common utterance you'll hear is "in-f*ckin'-credible!". Another is "fan-f*ckin'-tastic!"
The professional term for this process is "f*ckin' insertion", and we learn about it in linguistics classes. It's brought up when we have to teach about word morphology. English has prefixes and suffixes, but some language, like German, have circumfixes; and many languages, like those in the Philippines, have what are called "infixes", which are added to the inside of the word. English speakers have a lot of trouble understanding the concept of an infix, so to help them understand, we have to bring up this usage of the F-word. |
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| #19 (permalink) Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:20 am is this vulgar or not? |
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"The N-word" is "n*gger".
All of them are too vulgar to say in normal company, so North Americans use those euphemisms. |
In which context would one need to even say "The N-word"? |
Occasionally it's marginally necessary when talking about some social concepts that existed during the days of slavery, or when quoting someone's racist remarks. Otherwise there's little need for it. |
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| #20 (permalink) Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:27 am is this vulgar or not? |
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Hi,
The description
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is an unfortunate one, to say the least!
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| #21 (permalink) Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:28 am is this vulgar or not? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| In which context would one need to even say "The N-word"? |
Occasionally it's marginally necessary when talking about some social concepts that existed during the days of slavery, or when quoting someone's racist remarks. Otherwise there's little need for it.
Thank goodness. |
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| #22 (permalink) Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:54 pm is this vulgar or not? |
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Isn't the 'N-word' used by African-Americans as a slang term meaning 'person' or even 'buddy' as in 'that's my n....'?
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| #23 (permalink) Fri Mar 14, 2008 14:26 pm is this vulgar or not? |
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| Isn't the 'N-word' used by African-Americans as a slang term meaning 'person' or even 'buddy' as in 'that's my n....'? |
By some African-Americans, yes. Other groups too. |
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| #24 (permalink) Fri Mar 14, 2008 14:28 pm is this vulgar or not? |
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Hi, Torsten
50-Cent described the difference between "nigga" and "nigger" this way:
A nigga wears a gold chain while a nigger - a slavery chain.
So, African-Americans would not be offended if you call them "nigga". In fact it is welcomed. |
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| #25 (permalink) Fri Mar 14, 2008 15:19 pm is this vulgar or not? |
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| Isn't the 'N-word' used by African-Americans as a slang term meaning 'person' or even 'buddy' as in 'that's my n....'? |
Yes, but the person has to be black. They would never use it about a white person.
Many of them also use the MF-word as an all-purpose pronoun. |
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