[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=eavesdropper] Does this sound better:
“Je vous en prie, mon énorme sac de merde parfumée!”
I would never waste a language like French on insults. Besides, I’m sure that you are confident in my abilities to accomplish that quite effectively in English.[/quote]
Eaves: Yes, being referred to as a bag of sweet smelling shit is MUCH better!
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My point exactly, Allan! At least I didn’t refer to you as “my little cabbage”, which is an error I come upon frequently in books and articles (“mon petit chou”). At least I’m assuming that it’s an error.
[quote=Allan from Fallbrook] Of course, if we’re moving towards the scatological, German is so superior. Alles ist bescheissen really conveys it much more graphically (and gutturally) than French, which is a much prettier language.[/quote]
Yes, I confess. Not much that’s more satisfying than cursing in German.
At the same time, there are quite a few very lovely expressions of endearment in German. Rather contradictory language in its expressiveness.
