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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I remember reading in an Ian Flemming James Bond book years ago where Bond commented that in the Chinese language, there are no obscenities. This strikes me as hard to believe, but is it true?
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NO!!!
The Chinese language, which is split into twelve regional dialects, amongst them Cantonese, Mandarin, Hakka etc, is FULL of obscenities.
A quite standard "motif" expression among less educated Cantonese, is, "Go F*** your mother." For every single cuss word we have, the Chinese, in every dialect, have at least one and in many cases more of their own.
I once got on a "London" bus in Hong Kong and went to sit on the upper deck. There were three construction workers sat in the back. I sat up front near the stairs. I liked sitting up top because that way you got an occasional glimpse of Victoria Harbor. At the next stop a very beautiful, young blond woman got on the bus and came and sat in between where I was and the Cantonese guys at the back of the bus. All the way from Mid-levels down to Central, they described in extremely vulgar and graphic detail what they would like to do with her.
She got off before I did, and when I got up to get off the bus I said to the guys, "Would you like someone to talk about your sister or daughter like that?" I'll remember the expression on their faces till my last breath.