tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877872196122597956.post1063344840223079385..comments2024-02-14T14:47:58.061-08:00Comments on Word Salad: InsultedColeslawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06813319585807128092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877872196122597956.post-43978106767453076712014-06-09T14:51:29.096-07:002014-06-09T14:51:29.096-07:00The girls and women I know, thankfully, would have...The girls and women I know, thankfully, would have derided him on his appearance and mocked him and told him to F*** Off. In several languages. While laughing loudly at his discomfort. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5877872196122597956.post-57954302684956231142014-05-21T05:09:54.083-07:002014-05-21T05:09:54.083-07:00Heh true. It's amazing how much you can see t...Heh true. It's amazing how much you can see the influence of the writer's culture on what's being written, particularly when they're setting it in a different time and place. George R.R. Martin gets really antsy about it in interviews I've read, pointing out that the interactions between people, particularly of different classes, were completely different in mediaeval (and later!) times than they are at present.lsnnoreply@blogger.com