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taboedoorbrekend

English translation: taboo breaking

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Dutch term or phrase:taboedoorbrekend
English translation:taboo breaking

08:05 Dec 8, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-12-11 11:54:10 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Dutch term or phrase: taboedoorbrekend
In the context: "XXX heeft verschillende groepen gemobiliseerd heeft en daarmee kleinschalige taboedoorbrekende
op dit terrein heeft georganiseerd."
Sherefedin MUSTAFA
Netherlands
Local time: 18:33
taboo breaking
Explanation:
See refs:

Saying the unsayable

.. Yesterday, with the world still reeling from the thud of Paxman's taboo breaking, Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver (born Margaret Ann Shriver, May 18 1957) is a journalist and author. She was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, into a deeply religious family - her father is a Presbyterian minister.
..... Click the link for more information. was on Woman's Hour Woman's Hour is a magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.

Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme (now called Radio 2). , discussing feminist fiction, and whether it can change your life. "Listen," she said, explorative and slightly exasperated, "well, someone's got to say it ..." Ooh, what's this, I thought. She's going to break a taboo.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Saying the unsayable-a01611629...

15 Taboo-Breaking TV Moments

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20054888,00.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=taboo breaking&ie=utf-8&oe=ut...
Selected response from:

Johan Venter
Czech Republic
Local time: 18:33
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1taboo breaking
Johan Venter


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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
taboo breaking


Explanation:
See refs:

Saying the unsayable

.. Yesterday, with the world still reeling from the thud of Paxman's taboo breaking, Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver (born Margaret Ann Shriver, May 18 1957) is a journalist and author. She was born in Gastonia, North Carolina, into a deeply religious family - her father is a Presbyterian minister.
..... Click the link for more information. was on Woman's Hour Woman's Hour is a magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.

Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme (now called Radio 2). , discussing feminist fiction, and whether it can change your life. "Listen," she said, explorative and slightly exasperated, "well, someone's got to say it ..." Ooh, what's this, I thought. She's going to break a taboo.

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Saying the unsayable-a01611629...

15 Taboo-Breaking TV Moments

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20054888,00.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=taboo breaking&ie=utf-8&oe=ut...

Johan Venter
Czech Republic
Local time: 18:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kitty Brussaard: Preferably spelled as 'taboo-breaking' if used as an adjective.
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