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Nathan
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Jan-11-15, 03:06 PM (EDT) |
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4. "RE: N.B."
In response to message #3
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>"Mach es dir selber" literally means "do it yourself". That would be >a sharp enough rebuke, as a witch's rebuttal of a muggle's plan to >waste witch lives, but in German/Karlslandic it has an added >dimension, because in that language it's also a minced profanity of a >high order. It is so commonly assumed to be a way of saying "go fuck >yourself" without actually using foul language that, culturally, it >has essentially become foul language. > >You really don't want to get on the wrong side of Minna, is what I'm >saying. :) Halfway between 'do it yourself' and 'go do yourself'. ----- "V, did you do something foolish?" "Yes, and it was glorious." |
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