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Re: Vulgarity

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Thursday, June 3, 1999, 1:29
Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, Sally Caves wrote:
> > To "insult" someone, you drew at random from all three columns: > > > > You injurious pond-scuzzling pud, etc. > > > > It would be fun to draw up such a list for Teonaht. Or any other > > conlang. > > > > I don't know - isn't this really more like invective? And witty > invective isn't vulgar, at least not in my book.
You're right; I'm avoiding the issue. ;-)
> It's the humorous reitierations of unfounded aspersions on the virtue > of ones opponents parents that are so tiresome and vulgar...
You mean like "Your mother's so fat" jokes? But I love those! Sally