Unfortunate letter &quot;P&quot;

@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

That is still dignified when you consider it literally without it emerging from lower parts of human body. I wonder if animals find it amusing.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47667)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

3 Apr

@vandana7 I saw on fb a video of a cat and dog ... the dog farted and the cat gave him a couple of swats on the head before leaving.

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

4 Apr

@BarBaraPrz Wow...that was for real or AI stuff?

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Kaz

@KarenAnne (257)

• United Kingdom

3 Apr

Parp or Parping for farting. Can't think of one for snot, you'll have to invent one!

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

Parp ...was it coined by the Americans?

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

@Orson_Kart Oh my god, you are so knowledgeable. LOL

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@Orson_Kart (6842)

• United Kingdom

3 Apr

Pump is also farting. I don’t think ladies do it though.

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@Orson_Kart (6842)

• United Kingdom

3 Apr

We British often use the word “pump” instead of fart. Snot could be “pus” Often the “p” is silent, as in swimming pool.

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

Evil Grin. You had me in splits. LOL In general, I don't expect Britishers to be using such type of humor. They are kinda too dignified. LOL

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@Orson_Kart (6842)

• United Kingdom

3 Apr

@vandana7 We British invented humour. Or was it the Irish? Dignified my arrse!

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@Orson_Kart (6842)

• United Kingdom

4 Apr

@vandana7 I’ve just thought of another - Phlegm. It’s sounds like it starts with an F, but it’s definitely a P.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

3 Apr

I never thought about the letter P, but now that you mention this I notice that in Italian is not really different, puke NOT, but the other two starts with a P, even a bitc* starts with P in Italian (puttana), I am sure there are others.

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

And now that you mention it, even in Hindi, we have the letter P for urinating and farting. Oh my god...what an unlucky letter. LOL.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472074)

• Switzerland

4 Apr

@vandana7

But I have the feeling our American friends use a lot more those words and for them it's perfectly normal to talk about farting, peeing or pooping... NOT something we talk about this side of the ocean.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (38702)

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4 Apr

@LadyDuck Anna, in many ways I am just a regular woman, mother, and grandmother. But not everyone talks like that here. There were some things my grandmothers both drilled in to my head-. You were not allowed to say fart and some other words as well. If it had something to do with one of those functions you needed to be discreet about it. Discussing bodily functions in babies was accepted for some reason, but that was it.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317241)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

3 Apr

Those are all uncomfortable words starting with P.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139974)

• Roseburg, Oregon

5 Apr

@just4him yes they are.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (104150)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

3 Apr

I was not offended over the use of the P words.

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

4 Apr

Because you do not think the letters have any feelings. However, there is some injustice, you would agree.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (104150)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

5 Apr

@vandana7 I do agree with you.

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May2k8

@May2k8 (18391)

• Indonesia

3 Apr

I don't have a problem with prefixes but some people may not be able to pronounce the letters F or V

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

That maybe the logical reason.

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marguicha

@marguicha (223776)

• Chile

4 Apr

I´ve never thought of any letter to be unfortunate. In Spanish poop starts with a C. And Pop, the nicest way to say father, starts with a P.

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

4 Apr

So Spanish gives respect to that letter. It is sad that this letter has to become silent too in many words. Really humiliating.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (41290)

• Delhi, India

3 Apr

Phew... Police and poison are some other words. Why do you only remember the bad words

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

4 Apr

Peshab (urine), paikhana (toilet), Paadana... I am not joking ...something is seriously wrong with that letter...

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

4 Apr

@sjvg1976 I agree. But ...more with P. And across different languages.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (41290)

• Delhi, India

4 Apr

@vandana7

Tatti, gobar are other words which don't start with the letter P

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139974)

• Roseburg, Oregon

3 Apr

I think parents with babies get tired of the P word. Poop that is.

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

@Fleura Evil Grin. But my contention is, Webster's English did not have such words. It is the American concoction.

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@Orson_Kart (6842)

• United Kingdom

3 Apr

@vandana7 Webster’s is an American dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary, or OED, is what we Brits use, and I’m pretty sure all these words are in it.

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Fleur

@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

3 Apr

Parents is a P word

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (108126)

• Marion, Ohio

3 Apr

Never thought about it

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

I too never thought about it till this morning. LOL

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80736)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

3 Apr

Peeing Against the wind. The only name that begin with P I am fond of is Peter Cottontail

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Fleur

@Fleura (30541)

• United Kingdom

3 Apr

Obviously the words for those bodily fluids are different in Indian languages - can you give us some examples?

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

Now that you pointed it out...in Hindi, farting is Paadhana. Urinating is Peshab. So you could say it is the misfortune of that letter.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (38702)

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3 Apr

Vanny, you have a funny sense of humor. No wonder you fit right in around here! Just kidding...I never thought about the letter P like that. But you are right!

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

3 Apr

It is weird ...but that does seem like a damned letter, because even in Hindi, farting and urinating words start with P. And to make you more aware of it...even Piss starts with letter P. The letter stinks. LOL

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@capirani (2840)

• United States

18 Apr

But there are other, better words that start with P. Pretty, Potatoes, Parsley, Pennies, Purple, and on and on. But in keeping with your topic, here is another one to end my comment with...Pustule.

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@vandana7 (100617)

• India

18 Apr

Yucky....pustule...LOL

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@capirani (2840)

• United States

18 Apr

Both my maiden name and my married name start with the letter P. I always hated when I was distinguished from another student at school or from another adult with the same first name by being called out, Cindy P. It always sounds like a command. LOL

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