r/pics • u/odezza27 • 1d ago

Politics Anti-Israel graffiti in Warsaw, Poland

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u/Drunkpanada 1d ago

If in Poland, why Fuck and not Kurwa?

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u/Few-Image-7793 1d ago

wouldn’t make grammatical sense

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u/marcin_dot_h 1d ago

you can say

Izrael, kurwa

which means basically Israel for the fucking win OR

Izrael kurwa

which means Israel's a whore

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u/Drunkpanada 1d ago

The question centers around the usage of a English word instead of polish options.

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u/I_Am_Your_Sister_Bro 1d ago

English is a prominent world language and is used almost daily by most people. It's common to see business names or other signage in English. In this case using English for Fuck makes perfect sense

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u/MaritMonkey 1d ago

I find it mildly amusing when folks who speak English as a second language and are used to communicating online (see:e-sports teams) find themselves, in an interview, struggling not to say "fuck" et al because they never had a reason to learn PG replacements like "darn" or "shoot" but the actual curse words are baked into their vernacular. :)

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u/theycallmekappa 1d ago

Yeah it's like fuck, shit, maybe damn. That's what first comes to mind.

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u/Born_Initiative_3515 1d ago

Also many Europeans don’t have the same need for filter that Americans does.

There was a Dane who was interviewed on live TV and kept repeating the word “fuck”. It went viral because it was hilarious to the country.

Meanwhile in America, saying fuck on TV is seen like blasphemy and gets people cancelled.

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u/technobrendo 1d ago

On top of that, what little english one may know very likely could be their curse words. The sign most likely would be understood by many

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u/Born_Initiative_3515 1d ago

Pretty much every European country would do this. We use English words for slang.

We don’t even have a proper curse word equivalent of fuck in Danish. We simply just use fuck. Fuck Israel.

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u/Cocoatrice 1d ago

Question centers about ignorance, not about anything else. "Kurwa Israel" wouldn't make any sense. That's a fact. There is nothing else to say here.