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Re: Insult (jara: Weekly Vocab 8)

From:Camilla Drefvenborg <elmindreda@...>
Date:Monday, May 26, 2003, 9:50
Roger Mills de ortekera:

> Camilla Drefvenborg wrote: >> for certain, but consider this then; if someone were to shout "your >> school had a green bicycle-shed!", with accompanying tone and facial >> expression, how insulted would you feel? really? using a fact (true >> or not) which is not in any way culturally 'loaded' would, from me at >> least, only elicit ridicule. > > Right on! This is what I tried to get at with my Kash response. The > phrase would elicit puzzled looks, not outrage.
ana de bantane kinenara eranne nay ni yasta de lendáre ~ in that case I'm very happy to have read your mind :) --- Camilla té vinyanara! kinna!