Codso!
Slovak translation: prisámbohu!/bohupris(ah)ám!
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| 16:16 Jan 22, 2013 |
| English to Slovak translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / možno nadávka | |||||||
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| 3 | prisámbohu!/bohupris(ah)ám! |
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| codso! somarina! Explanation: cods je nezmysel, hlúposť. Takže od dragúňa by po "zjemnení" jeho konverzačných schopností mohlo pochádzať aj toto. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2013-01-22 16:42:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Možno aj niečo vulgárnejšie - záleží na cieľovej skupine -:) |
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| codso! prisámbohu!/bohupris(ah)ám! Explanation: Podľa linku nižšie je to "oath" ('spicy one') v starej angličtine. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2013-01-22 18:52:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "God So!" (?) Iba moja dedukcia. Reference: http://www.stmortimer.com/Language.doc |
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| Reference Reference information: Elizabethan English Codso - a "spicy" oath, a rude word ("God's Own"?) Reference: http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/history/elizlng... |
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