English swearwords in other languages

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Re: English swearwords in other languages

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Io wrote:Sorry for not reading all the posts and possibly posting what's already been said:

A couple or so years ago there was a typhoon in SEAsia called Long Wang,
Longwang.
named after a Chinese... something, emperor?!
A deity of the seas and rain in Chinese mythology. Or deities. The ones who wrote the articles (unsurprisingly) struggle distinguishing singular from plural...

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