The most popular swear word in Austria is Austria...?
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The downside is they can be quite passive-aggressive about things, where a German would be very direct.
This fact is important to this story…
Turns out, Graz is Arnold Schwarzenegger's home town. He's probably the most famous person from that part of Austria. But you won't see public notice of that anywhere … now.
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There is a huge football (soccer) stadium in Graz and it *used to be* named after Schwarzenegger. But back when Arnold was the governator of California he authorized some executions and local people and press of Graz criticized him for that. (Austria outlawed capital punishment in the 1950s.)
After some back and forth between Arnold and his homies he angrily told them to take his name *off* the stadium.
So they did.
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There is a huge football (soccer) stadium in Graz and it *used to be* named after Schwarzenegger. But back when Arnold was the governator of California he authorized some executions and local people and press of Graz criticized him for that. (Austria outlawed capital punishment in the 1950s.)
After some back and forth between Arnold and his homies he angrily told them to take his name *off* the stadium.
So they did.
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They removed the giant metal letters spelling 'Schwarzenegger' from the stadium. But they didn't repaint it or give it another name.
The last time I was there you could still make out the ghost outline of Arnold's name. And I think this was the most passive-aggressive – and funny – way imaginable they could have fulfilled his request.
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I've been in Vienna. I'd go with 'scheisse'. But said with a less cutting tone than a German would use.
I think of Austrians as a more polite and passive-aggressive version of Germans. Have you ever heard the story of, 'Schwarzenegger Stadium'?
@jackwilliambell and the Austrian dialect pronunciation would be “Schaas”
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@golgaloth According to this map, people in Belgium and The Netherlands don't swear... motherfucker!
@delegatevoid neither would those in Switzerland… (seems a bit TOO neutral for my taste
so I’m pinging @RalphBassfeld here) @golgaloth -
@delegatevoid neither would those in Switzerland… (seems a bit TOO neutral for my taste
so I’m pinging @RalphBassfeld here) @golgaloth@alexskunz @delegatevoid @golgaloth Being a multi-lingual country means there isn’t an official most common swear word. French- and Italian-speaking regions use swear words from their respective languages. In German-speaking areas, many swear words are derived from local dialects and may not always have direct equivalents in Standard German or English. I swear in four languages in Switzerland (including bloody f* English)
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@alexskunz @delegatevoid @golgaloth Being a multi-lingual country means there isn’t an official most common swear word. French- and Italian-speaking regions use swear words from their respective languages. In German-speaking areas, many swear words are derived from local dialects and may not always have direct equivalents in Standard German or English. I swear in four languages in Switzerland (including bloody f* English)
@RalphBassfeld @alexskunz @delegatevoid Yeah, I'm getting that a lot. The story is set in a version of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and the sweary character is far west, modern day Ukraine, so she would probably swear in Ukrainian, but then the Ukraine language was devastated by the Russian occupation, so maybe more Hungarian? I might just stick to English.
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The most popular swear word in Austria is Austria...? Does anyone know the actual answer, because I am writing a story set in Vienna.
#research #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Austria #Vienna #Wien
@golgaloth what time frame is it set in? That would certainly have an impact.
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@golgaloth what time frame is it set in? That would certainly have an impact.
@transitionalaspect An alternative timeline somewhere around 1800 - 1830 (maybe 1840)
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@golgaloth According to this map, people in Belgium and The Netherlands don't swear... motherfucker!
@golgaloth spoiler alert, we do: fuck, shit, motherfucker, godverdomme, ffs, the list goes on...
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The most popular swear word in Austria is Austria...? Does anyone know the actual answer, because I am writing a story set in Vienna.
#research #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Austria #Vienna #Wien
@golgaloth is this picture AI generated slop?
Because I live in Czechia and "Ptcka" doesn't mean anything. It's not a word. Not even in local dialects.
And I have doubts about Slovakia too.
In many ways we (as former Czechoslovakia) might be closer to Poland and use Kurva (with v instead of w) -
@jackwilliambell and the Austrian dialect pronunciation would be “Schaas”
@golgalothThat I wouldn't have picked up on. My German is even worse than my Spanish, but it seems like almost everyone in Austria speaks some English, so it was never an issue for me.
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The Turkish part is incorrect also
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The most popular swear word in Austria is Austria...? Does anyone know the actual answer, because I am writing a story set in Vienna.
#research #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Austria #Vienna #Wien
@golgaloth @viennawriter some suggestions?
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The most popular swear word in Austria is Austria...? Does anyone know the actual answer, because I am writing a story set in Vienna.
#research #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Austria #Vienna #Wien
@golgaloth Oida. It's the most popular word in Vienna period and it has so many meanings, among others it's a cussword.
PS: And that map is probably AI generated, so hiding it as sensitive would be nice.
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@golgaloth Oida. It's the most popular word in Vienna period and it has so many meanings, among others it's a cussword.
PS: And that map is probably AI generated, so hiding it as sensitive would be nice.
@paula More mid-nineteenth century but that's good.
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@paula More mid-nineteenth century but that's good.
@golgaloth @paula For mid-nineteenth century @abuerkl might have some ideas. For contemporary Vienna I can confirm Oida as the most popular swearword.
