Re: CHAT: various infotaining natlang tidbits

Roger Mills wrote:
>
> Jonathan Chang wrote:
> >    Incidently, hardcore Cantonese see European-types as being similarly
> >monstrous - not just cuz of body hair, facial hair, large size/girth, &
> body
> >odour (due to eating horrendous amounts of red meat) >>
>
> That's an interesting fact, confirmed by personal experience (I wonder if
> there's anything scientific to back it up?)--  maybe the absence of
East Asians also tend to lack certain glands in the armpits that are
associated with body odor.  I don't remember which, I have been on
the road all day and am still trying to digest (coincidentally) a
perfectly awful vegetarian meal I was well nigh forced to consume last
night.
--
Brad Coon
bcoon@imt.net

I don't eat no vegetarian food!