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kindlekitten · 11-23-2009, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Yes, you are, kris.

no way!!!

Verencat · 11-23-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

No, c*****! Like in: c***** de c******, vas-tu arrêter?

What, I need to follow you around and edit your posts now?

You know, I imagined Kris with a little less hair...

kindlekitten · 11-23-2009, 06:57 PM

oh! was it naughty!? what did he say?

yvanleterrible · 11-23-2009, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

oh! was it naughty!? what did he say?

Typical Quebecois swearing. Mostly phonetically imitated religious object names. We use them as punctuation in a sentence tabarnak!

Verencat · 11-23-2009, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Typical Quebecois swearing. Mostly phonetically imitated religious object names. We use them as punctuation in a sentence t*******!

Will you stop, o**** de c***** de c****** de s******** de saint-c******!

I like to think that Québec has more swear words than any other nation! Then again, I'm guessing I shouldn't be so proud of it!

pshrynk · 11-24-2009, 09:18 AM

I always wondered what tabernak! meant when I was reading the Harry turtledove series on the USA vs CSA in WWI...

Verencat · 11-24-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I always wondered what tabernak! meant when I was reading the Harry turtledove series on the USA vs CSA in WWI...

Modification of the word "tabernacle", to be precise. You do have that word in English, right?

pshrynk · 11-24-2009, 06:08 PM

Yeah. Why is it a swear word?

Verencat · 11-24-2009, 06:16 PM

I'm guessing it's a "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain" derivation: instead of being really bad and using the Lord's name everytime people felt like swearing, they started using religious termology. It stayed with the swearing tradition and became worst than usual swearing.

For an interesting answer, see this!

edit: I did not expect it, but wikipedia has a Québec profanity page!

yvanleterrible · 11-24-2009, 08:26 PM

Quebec has a long history of Catholic domination. Anything sacred was considered target for the rebellious and punished by the Church.
Since religious practice has dwindled, this kind of swearing is not considered "tough guy speak" anymore, just a form of punctuation like the Anglo-Canadian "eh!"

But I like the sound of it...

11-24-2009, 06:16 PM	#24
Verencat Wizard Posts: 2,615 Karma: 96491 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Montreal, Qc Device: xxx	I'm guessing it's a "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain" derivation: instead of being really bad and using the Lord's name everytime people felt like swearing, they started using religious termology. It stayed with the swearing tradition and became worst than usual swearing. For an interesting answer, see this! edit: I did not expect it, but wikipedia has a Québec profanity page! Last edited by Verencat; 11-24-2009 at 06:20 PM. Reason: my friend wiki showed me I have my Bible verses wrong!

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yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Quebec has a long history of Catholic domination. Anything sacred was considered target for the rebellious and punished by the Church. Since religious practice has dwindled, this kind of swearing is not considered "tough guy speak" anymore, just a form of punctuation like the Anglo-Canadian "eh!" But I like the sound of it...