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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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Don't know about the Chinese, but Japanese don't have much in the way of native obscenities. When I was in Japan 40 years ago (has it really been 40 years?), the worst thing you could call someone was "Baka" (a word meaning "fool; idiot; jerk; dolt; imbecile; foolish; stupid; worthless; absurd; ridiculous; Idiotic). Pretty serious stuff. These days, I'm sure there a few more...