Re: Vulgarity
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 3, 1999, 17:17 |
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Ed Heil wrote:
> I always found it interesting that Latin has a word which is
> complementary to "fellare"; if you are being-fellated-by-someone, you
> can use the word "irrumare" to describe what you are doing to them,
Well, sort of, depending not so much on what's happening but
how it is being viewed. The person described by the active
voice is always the (emotional) top, so "fellator" and "irrumator"
are the active participants in two emotionally different
different kinds of activities, rather than natural counterparts like
"buyer" and "seller".
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)