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Re: ahem anyway.. naughty words!

From:Jesse Bangs <jaspax@...>
Date:Thursday, September 13, 2001, 16:35
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 02:55:22AM -0400, Amber Adams wrote: > [snip] > > What counts as profanity in your conlangs? What words are > naughty? What's the > > absolutely worst thing you could call someone? ;)
Hmmm. I don't really have any actual profanities in Yivríndil, but I do have some unnice things to say. The ones that come to mind are: lethahiran [lETa'hIran]- lit. "horse-eater", used of someone who is vulgar, disgusting, repulsive, etc. One of the worst possible things to say. goso ['goso] - ass, anus, derogatory. The derivative "goson" might be equivalent to the term 'asshole' used of a person in English, but it's also used as an insulting term for homosexuals. ikagol ['Ikagol] - lit. "blackfoot". A derogatory term for a Nomin, one of the races that lives near the Yivríndi. Can also be used with the same force as "bastard." kéwuthan ['keBuTan] - lit. "masturbator," by extension "bachelor" (used of either gender). Sort of equivalent to "dirty old man," only with stronger negative force and a distinct implication of perversion. The Yivríndi put a lot of stress on bearing children and continuing family lines, so they don't think highly of bachelors, homosexuals, and other people who won't have natural children. 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