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Vito Tartamella
Personal blog · parolacce.orgculturescience
Vito Tartamella writes Parolacce, a personal blog at parolacce.org about culture and science. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this Italian-language blog for its posts on Italian swear words and euphemisms, and for a story about Dr. Bestiale that was updated 14 times. Both are cited as language resources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Studi, notizie, curiosità sulle parolacce. In Italia e nel mondo. Blog di Vito Tartamella, dal 2006.
What Hacker News says?
You may appreciate the story of Dr. Bestiale and the 14 updates to the story. https://www.parolacce.org/2014/10/05/the-true-story-of-stron... (Regarding one of the updates, the name of the antenna also means "cool antenna" in Italian, it's very informal but not vulgar).
Comment linking /2014/10/05/the-true-story-of-stronzo-bestiale/
on “More South Korean academics caught naming kids as co-authors”Submitted The story of Stronzo Bestiale and other scientific jokes as a story · 38 points
HN discussionItalian has plenty of "soft versions" of expletives: your examples would translate to "cavolo" and "caspita". Here is a list of euphemisms that can be used in place of swearwords: https://www.parolacce.org/2016/12/07/eufemismi-in-italiano/
Comment linking /2016/12/07/eufemismi-in-italiano/
on “How to Almost Learn Italian”