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Re: Gender

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 28, 1998, 1:06
On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:16:33 -0500 John Cowan <cowan@...>
writes:
>Steg Belsky wrote: > >> "ttumttumim" (i don't know how to say it in English) > >"A person whose gender is not apparent to the observer." > >Baba: comment? > >-- >John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
Well, when i learned it a few years ago, it was explained to mean specifically something like "someone whose genitals are covered by some kind of pouch(?) of skin, so that it is impossible to tell what gender the person is without amputating the covering of skin(?)." -Stephen (Steg) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]