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A light-hearted topic after all that erudition!

We say 'Come'; the Japanese say "Go", the Malays say "Go out' (same word used for EXIT from an auditorium), the down-to-earth Thais say 'Finish'. What do other languages say?

For all except English (and the practical Thais), the emphasis seems to be on 'emission (=sending out). Even Shakespeare uses the non-English idiom in, "The expense of spirit in a waste of shame....".

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Not really, LeC. In the languages I can check, the word is just the direct equivalent of 'ejaculate'. At the moment of truth, most people would not say "I'm ejaculating"; they might say "I'm coming". I'm after vernacular, or demotic, usage... what people actually say. Why does one language say 'come' when others say just the opposite, 'go'? I hoped to find out whether this is a peculiarity of English, or whether it is shared by other languages.

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To sum up what I've found out:-

English, German, Spanish, Italian all say 'come'.

French says 'enjoy' (jouir). This sounds odd, and I'd like a cross-check!

Japanese and Malay say 'go' (Malay actually says keluar, which is the word used for EXIT in an auditorium)

Thai, Khmer (as in Isan), and Russian say 'finish'.

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To sum up what I've found out:-

...

Thai, Khmer (as in Isan), and Russian say 'finish'.

Sorry? ... most Thais I have met say 'Neung Phan Baht' :D

Posted

To sum up what I've found out:-

...

Thai, Khmer (as in Isan), and Russian say 'finish'.

Sorry? ... most Thais I have met say 'Neung Phan Baht' :D

Cheap Charlie!

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French says 'enjoy' (jouir). This sounds odd, and I'd like a cross-check!

Actually we say both things :

- jouir : enjoy / coming to climax

- venir : coming, like in english

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French says 'enjoy' (jouir). This sounds odd, and I'd like a cross-check!

Actually we say both things :

- jouir : enjoy / coming to climax

- venir : coming, like in english

Thanks, lemerou.

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"Japanese ... say 'go' ... "

By my experience with a very coming-and-going Japanese cracker, they are ~ as usual ~ somewhat more complicated than one-term only.

My young man used a different exclamation for himself coming ~ then it was in fact a "GO") ~ and watching someone else coming. Usually that scenario, well-played out, elicited a husky " ... GOOD, GOOD!!... ". (Both sometimes yelled, sometimes whispered ... he was a joy)

I miss that. :jap:

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I'm sure most languages are much more complex than the brief summary I gave above indicates. What I was interested in was the way East and West apparently perceive the same action in a different way (not to mention the pragmatists who say 'finish'!).

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