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Re: DCKL translation problems: {Qut}

d'Armond Speers, Ph.D. ([email protected])

• From: "d'Armond Speers, Ph.D." <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: DCKL translation problems: {Qut}
• Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 12:27:12 -0700
• Organization: Taxonomy Inc.
• References: <KJDBNFCA01UR75VSSOFJIG52TONM.400acb4b@quvar>

Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar) wrote:
> Hi!
>
> is {Qut} "vulgar" the same as german "vulgär"?
> that one has a little negative connotation, dirty words would be
> called "vulgär".
>
> In english, it has a broader meaning, has it not?

1. Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
2. Of or associated with the great masses of people
3. Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

The third is how I've heard it used most, and what I always assumed {Qut}
meant.

> vulgär, allgemein (general), ungehobelt (unpolite)
>
> Quvar

-- Holtej

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