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Is this Russian Slang (Vulgar)?

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tdk2fe Frequent Guest Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 51 Location: St. Louis, USA	Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:15 pm    Post subject: Is this Russian Slang (Vulgar)? Greetings, I was talking to one of my friends the other day, and she said the following: "Блать! Хватить пить сука!" Now, I know what these words mean, but the actual meaning isn't really clear to me. Is it some sort of slang? Thanks for the help.
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:23 pm    Post subject: "Fuck! Enough drinking, bitch!" Why don't you think that's swearing if you knew what the words meant?
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Paul-Holmes Lounge Wizard Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1073	Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:46 pm    Post subject: Get the Russian Phrase book Dermo for all slang. Like majority of other Russian things, they have best and worst. Many of them will never swear especially ladies and others have the most colourful expressions I have ever heard.
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tdk2fe Frequent Guest Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 51 Location: St. Louis, USA	Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:37 pm    Post subject: Well, the dictionary (oxford) that i'm using didn't have Блать, and it translated Хватить as "Snatch up", so... to me it was "[Word i didn't know], Snatch drinking, bitch!" Thanks guys!
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tdk2fe Frequent Guest Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 51 Location: St. Louis, USA	Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:40 pm    Post subject: I guess 'Colorful' would be one word that could start to describe my friends
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36_CKOTUHOK Frequent Guest Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 29	Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:31 am    Post subject: :) word Блядь is an article! word Сука have the same meaning that japanese suffix -sama, the only difference is that Сука itself points to man you are adressing to. so, phrase you heard from one of your friends means "excuse me, can you stop drinking beer, mister?
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:36 am    Post subject: Come on why are you looking at all your scholarly references... do you think the folks who say 'blyad' and 'suka' really think about those meanings? Was my translation not direct enough?
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36_CKOTUHOK Frequent Guest Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 29	Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:52 am    Post subject: right. in most cases, swear words are used not to make phrase more colorful, but to fill gaps between words. Man have idea what he is going to say, but part of his brain which control speech haven't compiled thoughts to words. In this case, spinal cord takes control and sends to STDOUT words like Сука Блядь Гыыы ЖЖОТ etc. It's impossible to understand spinal cord so just ignore them
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tdk2fe Frequent Guest Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 51 Location: St. Louis, USA	Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:11 am    Post subject: always funny how anywhere on the internet a translation question can turn into an allusion to programming....
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vitalsigns Lounge Wizard Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 2784	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:30 pm    Post subject: Re: :) vacationing... Last edited by vitalsigns on Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:45 pm; edited 1 time in total
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vitalsigns Lounge Wizard Joined: 25 Dec 2004 Posts: 2784	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:37 pm    Post subject: Yes, deleted. Last edited by vitalsigns on Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:07 am; edited 1 time in total
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:26 pm    Post subject: I'm trying...
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