On Jan 7, 2006, at 10:10 PM, Howard Brazee wrote: > Jon Lincicum wrote: > >> Given the nature of swearing, it makes sense that the more taboo a >> >> particular subject is in a given culture, the more likely it is >> that it would make a good swear. Kinda interesting social comment >> there, I would say. >> >> Majikjon >> > I'm not sure. How religious of a country is France today? And > which population in the U.S. is most likely to use religious > swearing - the fundamentalists? Or Catholics? There is a > tremendous amount of cultural conservativism in swearing. > > But where this conversation goes to is determining how various > cultures in Dragaera swear. It doesn't appear that the Easterners > have the same confidence in the everyday existence of gods. Do > both cultures say swear by Vera's blood? It is interesting that > when Vlad used an unfamiliar curse - he was asked if that was from > something that really had been observed (we had observed that yes, > it was in fact something real). > > Can someone look through the text for examples of swearing - and in > particular the above example? Not a lot of religious swearing in France today. Besides the common "vas te faire foûtre" (go f*** yourself) to "Bordel de merde" (whorehouse of shit) to ras le cul (I have had it up to my ass) scatalogical and sexual curses are far more common.