Re: Novel, Novella (was Re: Re: I'm new!)

Jeff Jones wrote:

> What I find odd about Spanish speakers is that even those with rather
> puritanical or "proper" attitudes (with a few exceptions) regularly use
> words which in English would be considered crude.
This reflects a very general difference between (historically) Catholic
and Protestant nations: the former taboo matters of religion; the
latter, body parts, functions, or byproducts.

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