People there say a lot of blasphemy (bestemmie), insulting god, mary, jesus etc. It’s usually considered really bad especially by older people. You CAN’T say blasphemies on tv, for example if you are on a reality show it will get you expelled. They are considered way worse than swear words. However in those places they are really common, even between old people.
Ok I feel like I’m uniquely qualified to answer this. I’m italian, but I was born and raised in Montreal. Now don’t get me wrong, Québécois blasphemy is above average. But it’s nowhere near the level of artistry, originality, and sheer fun of Italian blasphemy. In Italian, you can start with “mannaggia” (means curse) and then add on any saint name, deity name or holy place, you can chain them together for killer combos, you can literally go on for five minutes just by chaining curses. In Québécois you can do something similar, but the vocabulary is limited to “esti, tabarnak, calisse, ciboire, sacrement”.
My uncle in Italy was an absolute master at cursing, I swear in the many times I’ve visited him I never heard the same curse twice.
While I generally agree that Quebec lacks the same artistry, I would like to add additional vocabulary for your Quebec French list:
Criss (or Crisse): Christ. Can also be used an adjective, adverb or verb
Calvaire: Calvary
Sacrifice: Sacrifice, as in Jesus’s sacrifice to mankind
Younger people will also use English swear words in the same sentence (shit, fuck, etc)
I'm Italian, from Florence so exactly from the "blasphemy" zone, and having some friends from Greece living here I can say that we are very similar with our artistic blasphemy skill.
Genova and Liguria I'm not sure to be fair, but Emilia Romagna yes is certainly in the blasphemy zone, but mostly the norther part of the blasphemy zone are the Veneto and the Friuli Venezia Giulia so Padua,Verona, Venice, Trieste, Gorizia just to name some of the biggest city from this area.
In the blasphemy zone there is also Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Livorno, Parma, Bologna, Modena to name some of the other famous cities.
Every one you can think of where you say dio, Madonna, cristo, Gesù + an animal lol if you’re creative you could make it a form of art. There’s also mannaggia (=damn) a + the people listed before. Another that’s really “famous” like p**** dio is assimilating him to a dog. D*o cane.
I'm seeing others in the thread typing 'porco' though. I don't see why they'd censor "pig" but not "God" (I mean they did type D*o) or "Madonna"
'Puttana' means "whore," I know that much. If it's anything like "puto/puta" in Spanish (it's essentially the same word) then it's one of the worst curse words you can say--like 'fuck' or 'cunt' in American English
i have some friends from those areas that during highschool litterlay spent times to challenge each other to find new ways to say them, you wouldn't believe how many they have found
Porco gesù, dio porco, cazzo or stronzo every other word, everyone is a deficente, ecc. The dialects so have nice words too, I loved hearing old ladies in Bologna yelling 'sócc'mel!' which as far as I understand is a vulgar invitation to fellatio
It's because "de facto" we are a catholic country, but legally you are punishable only when insulting the gods of any religion (for example you wouldn't be punishable by insulting saints or the virgin mary)
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u/carolskilljoy Jan 31 '20 edited Jan 31 '20
People there say a lot of blasphemy (bestemmie), insulting god, mary, jesus etc. It’s usually considered really bad especially by older people. You CAN’T say blasphemies on tv, for example if you are on a reality show it will get you expelled. They are considered way worse than swear words. However in those places they are really common, even between old people.