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Curse words! - Aeiteil Strand - 06-20-2013
I know there are words like F**k and such, but are there certain words that are considered rude and curse like that english doesn't really have?
RE: Curse words! - Dogberry - 06-20-2013
I fully embrace the classic Woolseyisms like "you spoony bard" and "son of a submariner!" If I'm playing a Final Fantasy, I'm going to be referential to other Final Fantasy games.
It's hard with fantasy cursing, though, because you can very easily sound like you're just baby talking the whole time. Battlestar Galactica rode the line with "frak" where sometimes it sounded natural and totally in place, but in some contexts it sounded ridiculous. But if we can come up with some cool sounding curses that we can make sound awesome, I'm all about that.
Personally, I tend to use blasphemies over actual curses. In FFXI, I'd have a character say something like "Altana's tits, that's disgusting!" We've got twelve awesome gods to blaspheme. I'm pretty sure that's more than enough to be creative with.
RE: Curse words! - Rhio - 06-20-2013
"Thal's balls!" always goes over well.
RE: Curse words! - Eva - 06-20-2013
You get a sense for what's common by talking to NPC's. "Thal's Balls" is exclaimed a lot, and everything is "shite".
That said most of the LS's I've belonged to have not had any qualms about cursing in-character - dropping F-bombs and such. It's a mature world we're living in, after all, and this game is full of euphamisms and all sorts of crazy talk.
EDIT: Rhio beat me to it.
RE: Curse words! - Aeiteil Strand - 06-20-2013
OK, I will just look at the gods and some context once in game to find some interesting ones!
RE: Curse words! - Gerik - 06-20-2013
Do you think they'd make expletives up too like:
"Nophica's Rack!"
Menphina's Clit!"
"Rhalgr's Cock!"
Just going off from the Deity Name + Body Part thing XD
RE: Curse words! - Aeiteil Strand - 06-20-2013
(06-20-2013, 06:58 PM)Gerik Wrote: Do you think they'd make expletives up too like:I am sorry, I lost it at the clit one LOL
"Nophica's Rack!"
Menphina's Clit!"
"Rhalgr's Cock!"
Just going off from the Deity Name + Body Part thing XD
RE: Curse words! - Caysen - 06-20-2013
I've also seen references to the "seven hells". Sometimes specifically the "seventh hell" which, in the lore, is where the lord of the underworld lives and represents oblivion. (source)
RE: Curse words! - Dogberry - 06-20-2013
[youtube]TqTHmzMk0Cw[/youtube]
Relevant.
RE: Curse words! - Aeiteil Strand - 06-20-2013
(06-20-2013, 07:01 PM)Dogberry Wrote: [youtube]TqTHmzMk0Cw[/youtube]I hate you for bringing this video back into my life!!
Relevant.
RE: Curse words! - Uther - 06-20-2013
"What in Halone's bloody fury?" is one I've seen, and as an Ishgardian, adopted.
RE: Curse words! - Myavar - 06-20-2013
I don't commonly swear myself unless a situation presents itself in such a way that I can't get past the shock of the moment and think of a different set of words. Most of the time the "bad words" just come out as a series of disgruntled noises. (Like with typing this the first time. I hit some weird button and the page navigated away. I made a loud "naaaaAAAAAUUGH!" noise.)
With games, and RP, I like to watch the NPC dialogue to find what's already used in the world. While I get that I'm an adult, there are other adults, and lots of kids that -think- they're adults, it just doesn't feel like our real world profanities really fit in fantasy worlds (beyond certain ones, like "damn" for an example).
RE: Curse words! - Nel Celestine - 06-20-2013
darnit dogberry! beaten to the punchline!
RE: Curse words! - Aldeus - 06-20-2013
I'm not sure SE knows what a "bugger" is. They use it quite frequently in NPC chat. Just to educate, a bugger is a man who has sex with other men via anal intercourse. That said, I'm on the blasphame boat.
RE: Curse words! - Rhio - 06-20-2013
"Bugger" is also a British curse word, generally used as a verb. Bugger this, bugger off, and so forth. "Bloody" also enjoys some use in the game, I believe.
British curses often get adapted into American localizations because they're recognizable while not sounding too dirty to the intended audience. I've been informed that these terms are quite a bit more vulgar if you're from England, but at least it gives you another basis to go from.
No sign of bollocks or wanker that I can recall, though.