I'm now focusing on English slangs and dirty words. Would you recommend a kind of forum in which one can ask questions about slangs freely? Most language forums don't deal with expressions as you see in porn sites or things like that, and those words used there can't be found in dictionaries, so it's a constant worry for non-natives who're learning a foreign language on an advanced stage. I'm now picking up such phrases in my E-mail magazine, but no sure source of information or knowledge as provided by english-speaking natives on the net. Slangs or dirty words are also words. In fact, it's not easy to dare to bring about them for questioning in linguestic forums like here.
So, I want to be introduced a forum to be able to discuss them with no constraint.
You can probably ask anything here anyway. Bring it on. I'd love to see how many blushes you can rack up.
If you're really not comfortable with that, and you want to ask questions along the lines of, "What sexual practice does this word refer to?", you can probably go to just about any general forum, or even any chatroom, and you'll probably find someone who knows and who's game enough to answer.
If you want to ask about the usage or etymology of a slang term, as opposed to its meaning, I'm skeptical you'll be able to find an x-rated version of AUE, so you might as well ask here.
Incidentally, dictionaries of slang or obscene words do exist. And you can always try googling. =====
> I'm now focusing on English slangs and dirty words. > Would you recommend a kind of forum in which one can ask questions > about slangs freely? > Most language forums don't deal with expressions as you see in > porn sites or things like that, and those words used there can't > be found in dictionaries, so it's a constant worry for non-natives > who're learning a foreign language on an advanced stage.
I don't know where you get the idea that learning the language of pornography has anything to do with learning learning a language "on an advanced stage". Gutter language is gutter language unless you have a reason to know it. Slang in general is not something that most native speakers are necessarily familiar with. Slang is either the kind that you find in the popular media, and then almost everyone knows about it, or else the kind you find in closed or fairly restricted communities, and then only a few people know it, and that is the purpose of a great deal of slang: a sign that one is a member of a particular group because only the members know what the slang means.
> I'm now picking up such phrases in my E-mail magazine, but no > sure source of information or knowledge as provided by > english-speaking natives on the net.
So provide us with sentences that you want translated into regular English.
> Slangs or dirty words are also words.
Yeah, and scumbags are human beings too. So what? Cut the platitude crap and ask your questions. If anyone feels the questions are interesting enough to answer, you will get answers. There is no call to attempt to justify your perversion (you must think it's perverted to read and use and want to know the meanings of these porno expressions or you wouldn't be trying to justify yourself so hard, nor would you feel a need to defend that kind of language).
> In fact, it's not easy to dare to bring about them for questioning > in linguestic forums like here.
> So, I want to be introduced a forum to be able to discuss them > with no constraint.
We deal with all words without embarrassment here, but only if the questions are interesting. Learning that kind of language is part of growing up in any culture, but people who have only a prurient interest in learning this kind of language are usually not interesting enough to respond to.
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>I'm now focusing on English slangs and dirty words. >Would you recommend a kind of forum in which one can ask questions >about >slangs freely? >Most language forums don't deal with expressions as you see in porn >sites >or things like that, and those words used there can't be found in >dictionaries, so it's a constant worry for non-natives who're learning >a >foreign language on an advanced stage. >I'm now picking up such phrases in my E-mail magazine, but no sure >source of information or knowledge as provided by english-speaking >natives >on the net. >Slangs or dirty words are also words. >In fact, it's not easy to dare to bring about them for questioning in >linguestic forums like here.
>So, I want to be introduced a forum to be able to discuss them with no >constraint.
We wouldn't say "slangs". It's always singular. When slang is referred to in the plural, the it's "slang expressions" or "slang words".
You can bring up the words and terms you see on porn sites here when you don't understand the usage. I suspect most of us would be able to explain them if they are "real" words. I don't open porn sites, but the invitations I receive in porn site solicitations often contain non-real words that are put in the email to avoid spam traps. I sometimes see "chery", instead of "cherry" because "cherry" might be a blocked word.
I think that understanding obscene words is a necessary part of being able to deal with English. You need to be able to understand what you read, and you will come across obscenities in your reading. If you don't understand the terms, you may think an article about muff diving is about an occupation that involves retrieving fur hand warmers that have been dropped in deep water.
<tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> wrote: >You can bring up the words and terms you see on porn sites here when >you don't understand the usage. I suspect most of us would be able to >explain them if they are "real" words.
Many of us, anyway.
> I don't open porn sites
This sort of statement has always bothered me. Are the people expressing their assumed moral superiority over those of us who do, even realizing that accessing sexually explicit information and pictures is the most popular use the Internet has? (True, by the way, on both sides of the pond.) Or are these people ashamed of expressing their God-given interest in the opposite sex or their natural lust, even, for women or men, as the case may be? A very American thing to do, I'd say, but not so popular in more open Europe.
<chriggs@comcást.net> wrote: >On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:25:13 GMT, Tony Cooper ><tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>You can bring up the words and terms you see on porn sites here when >>you don't understand the usage. I suspect most of us would be able to >>explain them if they are "real" words.
>Many of us, anyway.
>> I don't open porn sites
>This sort of statement has always bothered me. Are the people >expressing their assumed moral superiority over those of us who do, >even realizing that accessing sexually explicit information and >pictures is the most popular use the Internet has? (True, by the way, >on both sides of the pond.) Or are these people ashamed of expressing >their God-given interest in the opposite sex or their natural lust, >even, for women or men, as the case may be? A very American thing to >do, I'd say, but not so popular in more open Europe.
I'm not taking a moral position. Just one of complete lack of interest. I don't open the sites offered to me in email for diet products, money making schemes, or Warez software, either.
> I'm now focusing on English slangs and dirty words. > Would you recommend a kind of forum in which one can ask questions > about > slangs freely? > Most language forums don't deal with expressions as you see in porn > sites > or things like that, and those words used there can't be found in > dictionaries, so it's a constant worry for non-natives who're learning > a > foreign language on an advanced stage. > I'm now picking up such phrases in my E-mail magazine, but no sure > source of information or knowledge as provided by english-speaking > natives > on the net. > Slangs or dirty words are also words. > In fact, it's not easy to dare to bring about them for questioning in > linguestic forums like here.
> So, I want to be introduced a forum to be able to discuss them with no > constraint.
This is not exactly what you are looking for, but www.urbandictionary.com has a lot of new slang words.
<tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> wrote: >On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:35:35 -0800, Charles Riggs ><chriggs@comcást.net> wrote:
>>On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:25:13 GMT, Tony Cooper >><tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>You can bring up the words and terms you see on porn sites here when >>>you don't understand the usage. I suspect most of us would be able to >>>explain them if they are "real" words.
>>Many of us, anyway.
>>> I don't open porn sites
>>This sort of statement has always bothered me. Are the people >>expressing their assumed moral superiority over those of us who do, >>even realizing that accessing sexually explicit information and >>pictures is the most popular use the Internet has? (True, by the way, >>on both sides of the pond.) Or are these people ashamed of expressing >>their God-given interest in the opposite sex or their natural lust, >>even, for women or men, as the case may be? A very American thing to >>do, I'd say, but not so popular in more open Europe.
>I'm not taking a moral position. Just one of complete lack of >interest. I don't open the sites offered to me in email for diet >products, money making schemes, or Warez software, either.
If you have a complete lack of interest in women's bodies, perhaps you'd find some interest in men's. Give it a shot, why don't you? and see what works best for you. -- Charles Riggs
On 2004-12-28, voice_imitator <voiceimita...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Masa,
> You can probably ask anything here anyway. Bring it on. I'd love to > see how many blushes you can rack up.
> If you're really not comfortable with that, and you want to ask ques- > tions along the lines of, "What sexual practice does this word refer > to?",
For that it's usually worth a glance at urbandictionary - people some- times make up words with the purpose in mind to disgust, but being armed with a word you've actually seen used negates that problem
-- Feel free to comment on my hyphenation - annoying? acceptable? anyone know a program to do it automatically?
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