Re: Sexual terminology [was Re: Blowjobs and pant legs in Dutch]

Irina Rempt scripsit:
> On Saturday 22 December 2001 12:27, Christophe wrote:
>
> > A conculture doesn't mandatorily reflects the views of its
> > author. Think of Irina, whose conculture is anything but Orthodox
> > Christian.
>
> It does hold comparable values of good and evil as I do myself,
> however, perhaps even expressed more explicitly.
Tom Shippey makes the point in _JRRT: Author of the Century_ that even
Orcs have basically the same morality we do, though they follow it
even less well than we: they disapprove of abandoning one's
fellow-soldiers in battle conditions, e.g.

--
John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
Please leave your values        |       Check your assumptions.  In fact,
   at the front desk.           |          check your assumptions at the door.
     --sign in Paris hotel      |            --Miles Vorkosigan

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