Ask a foreigner

[Rose White]

@Darkness Reborn oh that’s a new one for me!

 

[Midnightmoon]

Are there euphemisms in your country/region for menstruation? Ones I can think of:
Being on the rag
Visiting Aunt Flo (old)

I hear a lot of women say “in my moon time” now as a sort of nice way to say it.

I can remember as a kid one teacher said to the other they couldn't be on swim duty as 'they had the painters and decorators in'. I could not for the life of me work out why painting your hallway meant you couldn't go swimming...

Didn't click until many years later when I heard it again as a teen!

 

[Givrali]

well, I prefer not answering more questions about swiss famous people

 

[Rose White]

For my British friends… have you eaten a Bath Bun? Did you like it? Are they only sold in Bath? Did it have aniseed in it?

 

[Teasel]

I've never had one, and I've been to Bath too. Not heard of them being sold outside of Bath but I don't really know if they are or not.

 

[Rose White]

euphemisms in your country/region for menstruation?

With regards to women who live or work together… my daughter taught me this one, “I’m turning on my Bluetooth.”

 

[Friday]

Are there euphemisms in your country/region for menstruation? Ones I can think of:
Being on the rag
Visiting Aunt Flo (old)

I hear a lot of women say “in my moon time” now as a sort of nice way to say it.

On the rag.
Auntie Flo.
Time of the month.
Benched.
It’s a Chocolate, red wine, & steak week.
It’s a salt & sugar week.
It’s a potato chips & ice cream week.
I’m PMS’ing (not really, but instantly understood, like a vagina is the canal not the vulva, but still used to mean the vulva).
I’m iron deficient (this week).
Feeling a bit anemic.

 

[LunaticOnTheFritz]

her friend is visiting

 

[Rose White]

I learned that “coup de foudre” means “thunderbolt” and “love at first sight” in French, according to Google Translate. So something like love struck? Can French speakers confirm?

 

[Givrali]

I learned that “coup de foudre” means “thunderbolt” and “love at first sight” in French, according to Google Translate. So something like love struck? Can French speakers confirm?

Yes it's an accurate translation. Maybe because we suddenly feel so much at the mere sight of the person ?

 

[Givrali]

Not sure what love struck means in english

 

[Givrali]

I had a massive coup de foudre when I was 13 and it was really like I was hitted by happiness