Showing posts with label irish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label irish. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Rwandan Swearing: The Anti-Bart Simpson

OK, to augment today's earlier post about swearing in Irish. Here are my favorite swear words of all time. They are all from Kinyarwanda, which is spoken in Rwanda.

Urakisegura inzira = Do die of hunger!

Kabure amaso ibirori bije = Get blind at celebration time!

Gashinyike bashikura = Do starve alone!

Kanyare ico = Do piss impurities!

Urakannywa wa Base = Drink dirty river water!


and my favorite...

Kabure inka = Have no cow!

Some Irish Swear Words for Your St. Patrick's Day



We've all been there. It's St. Patrick's Day, you're wearing green, you're drinking green beer, and you're enjoying pretending to be Irish. But then you realize: You don't know any Irish Gaelic. Well, now you do. Here's a few of my favorite inappropriate phrases from the Emerald Isle.

Tí Diabhail, which means “Devil’s House” (literally, “the house of the Devil')

Cailleach an Diabhail, which is another way to call someone “an infernal hag”

allas an diabhail, which roughly means “brat” (but literally means “a limb of Satan”)

and finally, bruithleachán, which is a person who sweats profusely







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