Re: The Melting

Thomas Leigh scripsit:

> And interestingly, ruminate (in the sense of "think heavily over
> something") is a verb for which I do know the Rozhendi word:
> rispartha.
Alas, it reminds me sharply of Larry Niven's word for "sex outside one's
own species, but within the family Hominidae":  _rishathra_.  The
canonical list of answers to the question "Shall we indulge in r.?" does
not seem to be online (Niven is a vigorous pursuer of pirates), but
ranges from the flat "No, but we like to watch" to "State your gender"
to, well, read it for yourself in his collection _N-Space_.

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