Using the 'C' word.

[ElectroPainLover]

Dang Daffy...caught me again!

I hope I get more than three strikes! 

[Daffy Duck]

I shall laugh if Arkane says he IS from the UK.

Daffy

[Arkane]

I always thought that blaspheming was to say something against God.

Unless Arkane has a different view.

No, that's right. I'm from Italy, you can find a lot of sex-related and expletive abuse just like in the english language (probably more) but this stuff is not so terrible. You may say the equivalent of "cunt" and, while sure it's a bad word, it's not a big deal.

Abuse against God (the virgin Mary, the Saints, Jesus Christ and so on), while extremely popular and the source of a whole lexicon that has no match in the english language, is seen as a blood curling offense by believers. So while you hear blasfemy quite often, you need some understanding about when and where you can use it (if you want to).
I've noticed that many english speakers can't understand this and treat italian blasphemy as just colorful or "fun," for example at the end of the video here: https://youtu.be/8tAx5zcMH44
You can be sure that an italian anchorman would lose his job after using that word (well, it actually happened more than once).

[ElectroPainLover]

Darn it...EPL hanging head low,

I will use the number of kilometers between Rome and London as my number...I was kinda hoping you were in the UK...but, kind of happy your not.

The number of kilometers, multiplied by two, (for being wrong twice) as the number of seconds I will have to spend enduring a fair amount of electro-torture for making an incorrect assumption. 

I came up with 1879.827 km...just darn glad you don't live in Australia Arkane...which only gives me an hour when rounded off, then, the multiplying factor of two. I can handle two hours...may have to be wrong more often.

I know what I'll be doing in a few hours.

Dana -- EPL

[64Fordman]

Hi Arkane,

Just curious, does the "C" word carry any meaning in Italian other than a crude reference to the female anatomy? In street language in the USA it's used in place of bitch when making a derogatory comment about a woman. Mostly because bitch has been adopted to reference ones girlfriend/wife in regular conversation, which is why I don't care for either word.

[Arkane]

Hi Arkane,

Just curious, does the "C" word carry any meaning in Italian other than a crude reference to the female anatomy?

Well... you asked. It can be used in general reference to women. "This place is boring, there's not c..."

Also, it's used to form a word with the suffix s- (that means a lack of).
So, just like fortuna means good luck and sfortuna means the bad luck, "sc..." is another word for ill luck or misfortune. That is, a situation with no xxx. If you consider the importance the pussy has in the italian mind, it makes sense.


It also can be used as an exclamation of surprise: c...!

[Daffy Duck]

I've noticed that many english speakers can't understand this and treat italian blasphemy as just colorful or "fun," for example at the end of the video here: https://youtu.be/8tAx5zcMH44

Buon giorno Arkane,

I watched the video. I heard Gordon Ramsey use the F word, for which he is famous. At the end of the video, he seemed to mutter something which I could not quite hear or understand. Apologies for my lack of Italian, but was this what you were referring too ? 

May I say 'many English speakers' have very limited Italian (good day, good evening, and thank you, is the limit of mine), so I am not sure why you think such dumb people as us English know how to blaspheme in Italian. We are the worst linguists in the whole of Europe !

As a God fearing person I would not blaspheme. As an Englishman who respects and loves Italy, Italians and Italian culture, I hope that you don't think all of us are the same.

Grazie,

Daffy

[jackierabbit1]

Don't like the word, it's like a bucket of cold water thrown on my back during... well you get the idea.

Jackie.

[MaxRoper]

I'm like Jackie: Don't like it, don't use it, consider it demeaning and crude and on a par with the "n" word.

I'll defend your right to use any word you want as long as you understand I may stop reading when I come across words I don't like. There aren't many, but this is one.

Max

[ElectroPainLover]

I'm like Jackie: Don't like it, don't use it, consider it demeaning and crude and on a par with the "n" word.

Hi Max,

That's the way I feel about it myself. I have only used it once in one of my stories, but, I needed to in order to get across what the character thought of the protagonist. It was one of the last lines of the story.

I have run across plenty of stories that use it quite frequently; the story that prompted me putting up the poll and this thread; and was the only word used to describe the vaginal area and the narrative referral to the woman. I didn't get halfway through the story before having to quit due to the frequency of use.

I, too, am appalled by the 'N' word, and the 'C' word is it's equal in my eyes. I can look past their usage if only used in related context and extremely seldom.

Dana -- EPL

[Arkane]

I watched the video. I heard Gordon Ramsey use the F word, for which he is famous. At the end of the video, he seemed to mutter something which I could not quite hear or understand. Apologies for my lack of Italian, but was this what you were referring too ? 

Yes, this is the most common blasphemy word in italian
https://italiots.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/italian-profanities/

As for strangers (English included) using italian bad words, it seems these have a weird international attraction, so it just happens. No problem for me.

[siobhann]

If the shoe fits.  If it is the right word for the story, use it.  It has impact, it has meaning, it establishes a personality or whatever.  A writer sometimes needs to let the story run ahead of the author, and if that word comes up, use it.  Of course, a writer should worry and fret about every word they put on the page.  Remember what mark Twain said, the difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between the lightning and the lightning bug.

I once saw an adult film where the lady kept referring to it as her box.  "I want you to fill my box".  It just didn't work for me.  Wrong word to use there.

But maybe I am just a stupid lovebox.

thanks
Siobhann

[Daffy Duck]

Same pictures used by Siobhann and Dana.  Is this a club, or can anyone join.......  LOL

[loras pa6]

Same pictures used by Siobhann and Dana.  Is this a club, or can anyone join.......  LOL

I saw someone else with that profile picture too

[ElectroPainLover]

Siobhann,

I understand that sometimes the "c" word fits the scene due to the personality or situation, but, my original reason for putting up the poll and posing the question was because of a story I read used it as the 'only' descriptive word for the vagina.

Daffy,

There's just not enough pictures I found from the stock selection that fits me. I like the spread-eagle and use it for most of my play...and this one fit. I wish I could be more original, but, it's hard to get a picture when flying solo.

Dana