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Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by ajuc »

rich_sasha wrote: post #17

In Polish, it’s “mam to w dupie”, or “I have it up my ass”, which actually sounds painful/rather a lot of effort about something you’re indifferent to.

Other options:

- wisi mi to [i powiewa] = it hangs of me [and waves around]

- mam to w nosie = I have it in my nose

- to nikogo = this [matters to] nobody (this is actually pretty funny but can't translate it to English, the joke is that nobody in this particular case only applies to several possible verbs, only a few of them apply to groups of people, and the case also encodes negation - so saying "nikogo" (nobody in a particular case) is enough to deduce the full sentece)

- tak bardzo mi wszystko jedno = it's so very much whatever for me

- srał to pies = a dog shat on it

- mam [na to] wyjebane = I have it fucked-out [on it]? fucked-through? Phrasal versions of "fuck" really don't translate to non-Slavic languages

- jebie mnie to = it fucks me

- kładę na to lachę = I lay my staff (meaning dick) on it

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by wwilim »

phoe-krk wrote: post #52
rich_sasha wrote: post #17

In Polish, it’s “mam to w dupie”, or “I have it up my ass”, which actually sounds painful/rather a lot of effort about something you’re indifferent to.

The first thing I actually thought of was "mam wyjebane", which is absolutely untranslateable literally.

"I have the f*cked-out on this" doesn't quite have the same ring to it

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by INTPenis »

In Swedish it's not as harsh as Zero fucks given but reading some of those others I'd say "intresseklubben antecknar" is the phrase we'd use when I was growing up in the 90s.

It translates literally to "the club of interested people is taking notes".

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by timeon »

dvh wrote: post #84
rich_sasha wrote: post #17

In Polish, it’s “mam to w dupie”, or “I have it up my ass”, which actually sounds painful/rather a lot of effort about something you’re indifferent to.

Slovak: mám v piči (mám to v piči) = i have (it) in vagina Môžem (to) jebať = i can fuck (that) Jebem na to = fuck on that Môžem osrať = i can poop on it Serem na to = I'm pooping on it Sral to pes = May dog poop it out Kašlem na to = I'm coughing on it

'mfp' aka 'mám v piči' could be translated bit harsher.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by rejschaap »

tromp wrote: post #83
Beldin wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a modern day dutch speaker: can confirm the connotation. Never heard about this alternative use of "reet" before. As an aside, in Dutch, this alliterates ("rust" is "roest" in dutch). As an aside aside, the expression is passive in Dutch. A more direct translation would be "that can rust to me arse". The "to" there is also weird in Dutch ("aan").

“I’ll let it rust my rectum” alliterates even more (although technically the rectum is the last part of the intestine)...

It can corrode my crack

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by pdpi »

Beldin wrote: post #63
jauco wrote: post #53

The dutch one is better translated as “I’ll let it rust my crack” (as in buttcrack) rather than anus. It comes from the fact that we also used to use the word crack for “railtrack embedded in the pavement” as used by trams (streetcars). To let the crack oxidize is to not do proper upkeep on that section of the track. Though no one uses crack to refer to railway track anymore. So the translation is definitely the conn…

As a modern day dutch speaker: can confirm the connotation. Never heard about this alternative use of "reet" before. As an aside, in Dutch, this alliterates ("rust" is "roest" in dutch). As an aside aside, the expression is passive in Dutch. A more direct translation would be "that can rust to me arse". The "to" there is also weird in Dutch ("aan").

Huh. “Reet” sounds like it should share a root with “rut” in English.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by Terretta »

ithkuil wrote: post #14
jgilias wrote: post #3

Scrolling down a bit in the thread the list of collective nouns of people is pretty hilarious. 'A slick of lawyers' 'A notherweek of builders'

A stackoverflow of programmers

A stack of devs

An overflow of coders

A platform of engineers

A tower of architects

A backlog of managers

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by pdpi »

ojosilva wrote: post #98

Portuguese is apparently missing in the thread, here are 2 of the most popular: Brazil: I'm not even there ("Não estou nem aí") Portugal: Would I want to know ("Quero lá saber")

Also the more vulgar “I’m shitting myself (a little)” (“estou-me (um bocado) a cagar”)

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by kgeist »

>it's horseradish to me (Russian)

"Horseradish" is a euphemism for "dick" (a similar sounding word). There's a different, original variant which has "dick" instead of horseradish. When you want to say "fuck you" you say "go [and sit] on the dick". The original phrase for "zero fucks given" therefore, means more like "it is around the area of the dick".

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by skerit »

jauco wrote: post #53

The dutch one is better translated as “I’ll let it rust my crack” (as in buttcrack) rather than anus. It comes from the fact that we also used to use the word crack for “railtrack embedded in the pavement” as used by trams (streetcars). To let the crack oxidize is to not do proper upkeep on that section of the track. Though no one uses crack to refer to railway track anymore. So the translation is definitely the conn…

That's amazing, I have never ever heard that sentence before. And we from Flanders know a lot of Netherlands-Dutch sayings.
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