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Old Aug 24, 2013 | 9:56 pm
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Probably one needs to distinguish how language sounds to a foreign ear and meaning/usage of such language to a native speaker.

For the latter I think in terms of swear words no language will come close to Russian where whole language - Russian Mat was developed for this purpose and is used by the whole population regardless of ethnicity, age, gender or social status...

Another whole interesting subject is expressions which do not have equivalent in English. Like those

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