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    Stupidass - just say stupid ass and it sounds fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by basurero
    Stupidass - just say stupid ass and it sounds fine.
    Not so fine foe the addressee.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    No it's great for them because it gives them an excuse to plough you.

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    Plough? Is it slang?
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    So let me clarify for myself. A dumba$$ is a person who doesn't suffer from digestion problems?
    I've got a TV, and I'm not afraid to use it

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    Re: The German keep silent

    Quote Originally Posted by Vladi
    This was the reason that was given to me by a russian philologist: As it is known Katherine the Great / die Grosse (sorry for the bad joke, I don't know if she was fat or slim) invited a certain number of German families to colonize some territories, so did the spanish king Charles III at the same time, but obviously in Spain. When the Russian addressed to these Germans, they simply didn't answer (they didn't know Russian) and keep silent, what is the meaning of "немецктй", "who becomes dumb".
    This is only partially correct. In Russian, the word "немец" existed centuries before the reign of Katherine the Great as a general term for all foreigners from the Western Europe. One of official documents dating back to the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich mentions "Англицкие немцы" .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
    Plough? Is it slang?
    Yes. You don't want to be ploughed.

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    But I thought we were supposed to beat our swords into ploughshares!
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