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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=630435303-23022003>While
I agree with Xose' about the common usage of con~o in Spain, DO NOT use this
word as a "mild curse word" in most Latin American countries, as it is *much*
stronger in many of them than it is in Spain. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=630435303-23022003>For
those who are delicate in their language usage (in English or in any other
language, i.e. you disapprove of swearing and / or don't use anything stronger
than "darn it") the "dictionary meaning" of this word would be highly
offensive to you (slang term for female anatomy; 4 letters, beginning with
"c").</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=630435303-23022003>Just a
little cautionary note.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=630435303-23022003>Maryjane Dunn</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Richard, thank you for taking the
time to think through and write<BR>your essay. I find it VERY valuable. I have
gotten many important tips from it.<BR>I'd add one more word to your list:
"<B>coño!, "</B> relatively mild curse word understood EVERYWHERE in the
peninsula (with other European<BR>languages' variations) & many
Latinamerican countries.<BR><BR>Abrazos d Xosé Manuel<BR>
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