Defining Pet Features and Essentials

[J. Landman Gay]

On 2/12/14, 6:48 AM, Ender Nafi Elekcioglu wrote:
> you should know that calling someone as a dog is a very, very, VERY,
> VERY harsh, petty, offensive insult in my language & culture.

I think it's easy for westerners to forget that, since over here a dog 
is just another animal with no special significance. Our insults tend to 
be more sexually-related, which goes to show how juvenile our culture 
is. Genitalia are insulting, which has always puzzled me a bit.

As for Richmond's manners, well, he has his own. But I'm pretty sure he 
was oblivious to the cultural insult. His insults are far more universal 
in nature, though still mostly unintentional.

Once I met him in person I understood. He's a pussycat (cultural 
clarification: "pussycat" is a harmless, playful person, even though the 
first half of the word could be construed as a sexual insult. Americans 
are strange.)

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