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Fart-
Ography: How the World Says Fart

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The Fartographic Method

Fartography is silly.

The research isn’t.

Languages are messy. Words change between countries, cities, generations and families. A textbook translation may be technically correct while sounding completely ridiculous to a native speaker.

So we don’t just ask, “What is the translation of fart?”

We ask:

What do people actually say?

Where possible, Fartography checks words and expressions with native speakers, dictionaries and linguistic sources, records regional differences, and distinguishes between formal language, slang, children’s words and expressions.

If we get something wrong, please tell us.

Fartography is, like language itself, a work in progress.

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mhepo
Stop 60
Zimbabwe
Shona
mhepo
/mmm-HEH-poh/
🗣️ Everyday / polite
Translation
Wind, in its meteorological sense — also used for the bodily event. Shona, like Zulu, reaches for wind.
In a Sentence
Ndiani aita mhepo?
"Who made wind?"
Cultural Note
Shona is spoken by approximately 15 million people and is the most widely spoken language in Zimbabwe. Mhepo in its meteorological sense appears in proverbs about change, movement, and unseen forces.
Wind in all its forms. Shona has assigned this word a broad portfolio.