Assuming that words like 's h i t' and 'f u c k' are universal. Do non-christian nations say 'Jesus Christ' as a swear? If you are a muslim do you take 'Muhammad's' name in vain? If you are Indian do you take 'Budda's' name in vain? What about athiests? Would an athiest say 'Jesus Christ' as a curse?
2006-07-29 14:52:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I spent the first 22 years of my life in the southwestern Russian Federation. There are both Muslims and Christians in that area; my family is Christian, but we did not use "Jesus Christ" and Muslims did not say "Mohammad" for curse words.
Each language does have some sort of curse words, but not all of them translate clearly into English...they just have to be understood. I cannot type them without attracting the attention of people who report abuse, but there are different phrases from one language to another. For example, in English "someone can give you a piece of their mind." The Russian equivalent of this saying is for someone "to show where fish stay for the winter." It means that someone is punishing you by giving you a piece of their mind yet though. The same applies to some of the swear words. They translate loosely, but some translate very well at the same time! For example, some slang insults in Russian translate to merely animal names such as "goat," but it depends on the context to determine if they are insults or if someone is discussing a goat farm. Another good example is that if you want to say someone is "f*ed up" in Russian, you are literally saying "undone" when you insult them in Russian. So, some insults are universal, but not all of them translate clearly.
(Also, in response to an answer above, Siddharta Gautama who is commonly credited with the founding of Buddhism was "enlightened" in India. Buddhism was founded in northern India. However, Buddhism is now more popular in China, but it still has Indian followers. When I visited India a few years ago, I still saw Buddhist temples and such.)
2006-07-30 04:45:57 · answer #1 · answered by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Curse words are actually unique to a particular language, and often aren't universal. I know several curse words in Spanish, and the vast majority of English speakers wouldn't recognize them as curse words. Would you recognize "chingate" as a vulgar insult if you heard it out of context? Well, it means "f*** you" in Spanish. Even within English speaking countries, I can think of at least one curse word that's spelled differently in the US and the UK, and there are also words that are considered curse words in some regions and not others. So your basic premise is false - even the words you assumed are universal are not. Given that, it's a fair bet that words that are curse words based on religion or other cultural factors.
As for the religion aspect, I don't use "Jesus Christ" as a swear word, nor do most atheists I know, so I'm thinking that one's not "universal." Why would people in China say "Jesus Christ" as a swear word in the middle of a conversation in Cantonese? That just doesn't make any sense. Whether or not people use the name of their gods, prophets, or other religious figures as swear words would depend on how the particular religion views the use of the name, but I would think that it's not terribly common among non-Christian religions.
2006-07-29 14:57:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a German came over and said fickst du, would you know it meant fvck you? Didn't think so.
And India is Hindu, not Buddhist. They'd take Vishnu's name in vain, and some others, but I don't know what. You're so dumb.
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2006-07-29 14:56:11 · answer #3 · answered by God 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and Yes and Yes ,they all have a bad word for each bad word we have all over the world we are not the only ones with a bad sailor mouth.hehe
2006-07-30 01:56:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say Jesus when something goes wrong but I don't think it's a swear. I'm atheist too.
2006-07-29 14:55:08 · answer #5 · answered by Tammy ™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol I'm athiest.. and I didn't know 'Jesus Christ' was a curse word -_-;;
2006-07-29 15:00:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! You have a very interesting question here. I'll be curious to read the answers.
2006-07-29 15:00:55 · answer #7 · answered by da dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's the sound a name makes when it's dropped?
2006-07-29 15:39:25 · answer #8 · answered by ☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'll never take my prophet's name in vain, that's the truth...
2006-07-29 14:56:01 · answer #9 · answered by Jubei 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-29 15:02:04 · answer #10 · answered by shorty124 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋