Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

En réponse à John Cowan <cowan@...>:

>
> A damned interesting question.  In one of Orson Scott Card's novels,
> there are three species, colloquially known as Piggies, Buggers (they
> are insectoid), and Humans.  In a conversation between a Piggie and
> a Bugger, one asks why there is no derogatory term for Humans.
> The other replies: "'Human' *is* the derogatory term."
>
<Falling on the floor from laughter> If there are aliens over there who are
talking about us, I don't think they would have any other reaction than this one
:))) <Said after climbing back on the chair :)>

Christophe.

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