svartskallar
English translation: chavs
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| 11:49 Dec 18, 2009 |
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| 5 | wogs |
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| 5 | nigger |
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| 4 | savages |
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| 3 | wog or nigger |
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| 3 | chavs |
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| 3 | intruders / interlopers |
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wog or nigger Explanation: A wog in English (slang) would mean "a native of a Mid dle Eastern country, especially Egypt" - origin: unknown (cf.The Concise Oxford English Dictionary). Perhaps, one can translate 'svartskallar" to niggers. Niether of these terms is polically correct in our time! |
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29 mins confidence:
chavs Explanation: If your text is talking about non-human species, I don't see any need to use a racist term in English. You could choose another derogatory term. "Trailer trash" would be another possibility -- the term "chav" wouldn't mean anything to North American readers. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-18 12:56:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The phrase "the chavs of the animal kingdom" has been used elsewhere: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q="the chavs of the a... |
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savages Explanation: :o) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-18 13:43:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- non-Aryans |
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intruders / interlopers Explanation: Svartskalle/blatte (wog) is insulting to birds!. Starlings might be described as "avian intruders", but this presumably depends on the species, e.g. a bird that is not native to Sweden could be described, for example, as an immigrant, gatecrasher, intruder, interloper. |
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20 mins confidence:
wogs Explanation: I can only be certain about the about the Australian colloquialism "wog" here, but it resembles the Swedish "svartskalle" very closely. Both terms originally refer to migrants from the Mediterranean area, but have come to represent all foreigners/migrants with time. Both are derogatory terms, however, I have never seen either word written with asterisks before, and both words can occasionally be used by these migrants themselves as a "badge of honour" of sorts. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 hrs (2009-12-18 23:09:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- With the added information that we are discussing a bird, why not use the term "nuisance species" which you suggest in your discussion point above? |
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1 day 4 hrs confidence:
nigger Explanation: This is the US English translation. However, in Sweden it is usually used to insult anybody with brown or black skin, not just Africans. |
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