Re: New Arvorec words
From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
Date: | Friday, May 25, 2001, 6:20 |
On Fri, 25 May 2001, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Uatakassí has no words for "homosexual". You'd have to have some weird
> circumlocution like "My sister is attracted to women, I'm attracted to
> men, the whole family is attracted to people of the same sex", not
> exactly a catchy saying. :-)
Yes, the same thing goes for Valdyan. No negative connotation either;
that's probably why there's no slang word (this is not a case of
"yes, certainly, there are slang words, only I haven't encountered
them yet" as I know there are on other subjects).
Irina
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