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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 -- Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay. irina@valdyas.org (myself) http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas