http://e-rubik.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] e-rubik.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] useless_faq2005-02-24 08:09 pm

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Древние греки и римляне матерились?

[identity profile] king-in-exile.livejournal.com 2005-02-25 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
http://www.insultmonger.com/swearing/latin.htm

Также сайт BBC указывает, что многие английские матерные выражения произошли из Латинского:
«Eric Partridge, a famous etymologist, has suggested that the Old German 'ficken' or 'fucken', meaning 'to strike or penetrate', was related to the Latin words for pugilist, puncture, and prick, or to the Latin 'futuere' which had the slang meaning 'to copulate'. There are also clearer links to Dutch where 'fokken' means breed and is applied to cattle, and to a Swedish dialect word 'fokken' which has the English meaning. Certainly, all the earliest uses of the word in English came via Scotland, suggesting a Scandinavian origin.»

[identity profile] darmeon.livejournal.com 2005-02-25 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
ну какой же это мат, которым ругаются в фильмах, крутимых по ТВ в прайм-тайм?