In Russian there are also many ways to say "masturbate", from banal "jerk" to something sophisticated like "to strangle single-eyed serpent".
again, all languages have these, they are barely used, whereas english has like 10x more: wank off jerk off jack off get off whack off toss (yourself) off pull off. How come jerk off isn't enough and 10 more are needed?
die", from majestic "give soul to God" to weird "put shoes into the corner". Or for the word "eat". Or "sleep". And so on.
These exist in all languages and are barely used, whereas english has , hit, bang, smash and so forth. Read a book from 100 years ago in english and you will see how much the syntax differs.
I'm not an expert in English to judge, really. But from what I know, I don't see any significant difference.
As for old books - they obviously don't represent live language of their time. In the past, themes you mentioned was not a frequent topic in books and even if they appear, they was not a center of narration. Today, literature is rushing for absorbing everything from language for profits and in attempt to attract modern audience who is sticked to social crap where live language over-stressing everything weird, even things you barely would use in face-to-face talk.
again, all languages have these, they are barely used, whereas english has like 10x more: wank off jerk off jack off get off whack off toss (yourself) off pull off. How come jerk off isn't enough and 10 more are needed?
These exist in all languages and are barely used, whereas english has , hit, bang, smash and so forth. Read a book from 100 years ago in english and you will see how much the syntax differs.
I'm not an expert in English to judge, really. But from what I know, I don't see any significant difference.
As for old books - they obviously don't represent live language of their time. In the past, themes you mentioned was not a frequent topic in books and even if they appear, they was not a center of narration. Today, literature is rushing for absorbing everything from language for profits and in attempt to attract modern audience who is sticked to social crap where live language over-stressing everything weird, even things you barely would use in face-to-face talk.