Re: alcohol & drugs in ConLangs/ConCultures(was Re: tender age)
| From: | Jesse Bangs <jaspax@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 19, 2001, 17:45 |
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> ***ConLang/ConCulture***: What are some Conlang/ConCulture
> concepts, terms, slang, etc. regardin' alcohol and drugs? Are there
> socio-cultural
> "remedies" like rehab, 12 Step (AA, NA, etc.), Rational Recovery,
> Secular Recovery, religious/philosophical/political/socio-scientific
> prohibitions...?
Hmmm. I know that the Yivríndi have some good wine, made from both
grapes and various berries, but they haven't invented distilling yet, so
they don't have any hard liquor. They have no prohibitions against
alcohol, though, and on feast days they all get a little sloshed,
probably. The only thing they don't approve of is serious alcoholism to
the point that it interferes with someone's ability to support their
family.
I don't think they know of any other narcotics, though I haven't thought
about it much. There might be some hallucinogenic mushrooms lying
around, but that'd be all. And I don't have words for any of these
things :-(.
Jesse S. Bangs Pelíran
jaspax@ juno.com
"There is enough light for those that desire only to see, and enough
darkness for those of a contrary disposition." --Blaise Pascal
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