Re: OT: alien-ness portrayals; was Re: I'm new!

>From: Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
>Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:33:14 -0400
>
>Unfortunately, the people on this list aren't around when I get myself
>into trouble and need to figure something out fast!  <wry look>  The
>whole taboo against asking a woman's age, frex.  I ran afoul of that one
>in 5th grade though I hadn't even conceived that something that random
>(to me) could be off-limits.
>
>YHL
That's why I take time in my ESL classes to deliberately point out odd
things like that.  I don't want my students to be able to communicate but
culturally bumfuzzled by Eglish speakers.

Ob Conlang:  What subjects are taboo in your conlangs?  Age, sexuality,
wages, religion, family, the weather?

Adam

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