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You can't kill the DREAM (lemmy.world)

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[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 44 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Leck mich im Arsch translates to Lick Me in the Ass. Not Kiss My Ass.

[–] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 60 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Conveying meaning vs matching words from a dictionary.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

I don't know enough about German, or the time, or anything...

But the meaning of "kiss my ass" in English conveys that you're telling someone to fuck off. You're not interested in what they have to say. It's a dismissal.

"Lick my ass", can ALSO mean that, but it can ALSO be an invitation to a specific sexual act.

Was Mozart merely saying fuck off, was he saying fuck off WITH sexual innuendo, or was he communicating a literal proposition for sexual acts? Was it intentionally ambiguous between the 2nd and 3rd case?

If it was the first, then I think the English translation of "kiss my ass", but for all other cases I'd expect "lick" better captures the intention in English

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's almost certainly Mozart saying "fuck off".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_salute

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

Love it. Thanks!

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 11 points 15 hours ago

I can tell you that today it just means fuck off

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

It means fuck off.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

There are conflicting accounts of the recovered music, with differing original lyrics, some implying the idiomatic meaning "kiss my ass," and others the more literal analingus.