Good translation will be very, very useful for anything with Temeraire, because if the author didn't do it, I'll be doing something in Africa and remembering what I know about the ape and slave trades.
"Aww yeah. That's why all of our defecation curses sounds so rough. "Merde" ("shit" in French) doesn't have the same kind of vitriol to me. ;)" Right!!! Someone said once (very rough paraphrase) that you could bid someone a good day in German and it would sound worse than cursing them out in French.
""Speaking of swearing in French... The Quebecois are always made fun of because of their style of swearing, which is all based off of things you find in churches. "Tabernac!" ("Tabernacle!") "Calisse!" ("Chalice!") "Hostie!" ("Ossuary!") You can combine them, too - Ostille de Calice! It sounds quite strange to people from France, apparently. ;)" The medieval British style of swearing was to use anything with God. God's thumbs, God's blood... the latter went to s'blood, then blood, then bloody if I remember the progression right.
Swearing is one of the most informative things about a language, oddly enough. It's really funny to watch. And OMG it's almost as funny as Cockney slang! I wonder how on earth that started.
Hottentot Venus... yeah. People didn't think she was a PERSON, and it's terrible. I do a lot of advocacy for sexual assault awareness, and forcing someone to expose herself? That's a form of sexual assault. Not "science."
"BOTH. She does it for the bribes AND for his approval! :D " And because she's still the best firebreather, and working in pairs IS better because it lets her get a lot more done if they don't expect her to do it all herself. More carnage!
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"Aww yeah. That's why all of our defecation curses sounds so rough. "Merde" ("shit" in French) doesn't have the same kind of vitriol to me. ;)" Right!!! Someone said once (very rough paraphrase) that you could bid someone a good day in German and it would sound worse than cursing them out in French.
""Speaking of swearing in French... The Quebecois are always made fun of because of their style of swearing, which is all based off of things you find in churches. "Tabernac!" ("Tabernacle!") "Calisse!" ("Chalice!") "Hostie!" ("Ossuary!") You can combine them, too - Ostille de Calice! It sounds quite strange to people from France, apparently. ;)" The medieval British style of swearing was to use anything with God. God's thumbs, God's blood... the latter went to s'blood, then blood, then bloody if I remember the progression right.
Swearing is one of the most informative things about a language, oddly enough. It's really funny to watch. And OMG it's almost as funny as Cockney slang! I wonder how on earth that started.
Hottentot Venus... yeah. People didn't think she was a PERSON, and it's terrible. I do a lot of advocacy for sexual assault awareness, and forcing someone to expose herself? That's a form of sexual assault. Not "science."
"BOTH. She does it for the bribes AND for his approval! :D " And because she's still the best firebreather, and working in pairs IS better because it lets her get a lot more done if they don't expect her to do it all herself. More carnage!