Re: The Melting

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From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>


> John Cowan wrote:
> > 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 ..... well, read it for yourself in his collection
> _N-Space_.
> >
> I'll do that.  What an amusing concept, which had certainly occurred to
me,
> and if Mr. Niven won't mind, the word will end up as Kash _riçatra_, a
> borrowing from the Galactic language (along with ktosh '(human) clone' and
> hnau 'hilf')
Oh, this one's too good to give up!  Teonaht has intended a word for
"sodomy" (ie. doing it with animals) for a while now, but this is even
better.  Edzzo:da(rem): "to ex-f*ck," i.e, have sex with aliens, androids,
werewolves, vampires, or other demon lovers.  Or, among some intolerant
groups, with us. ;)

Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."

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