Book 13. (1 results) Explorers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 34 | 816 | View more quotes about further">Further, as I may have mentioned, many Earth-girl names are found extremely provocative to the Gorean male. |
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Book 13. (7 results) Explorers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 34 | 813 | What names count as being beautiful and exciting, of course, is partly a cultural matter. |
| 34 | 814 | For example, many women of Earth might be astonished to learn that their names, which they may regard as simple or common, names such as 'Jane' or 'Alice', are found extremely beautiful to the Gorean ear. |
| 34 | 815 | To be sure, the Gorean commonly alters the pronunciation somewhat, to conform with phonemic variations with which he is more familiar. |
| 34 | 816 | Further, as I may have mentioned, many Earth-girl names are found extremely provocative to the Gorean male. |
| 34 | 817 | This probably has to do with emotive connotations resulting from his familiarity with such girls in his markets. |
| 34 | 818 | Such names may suggest to him, usually correctly, that their lovely bearer is going to be an unusually helpless and delicious slave. |
| 34 | 819 | I once saw a girl in her chains dragged from the very market block and raped in the aisle for no other reason, apparently, than that the auctioneer had mentioned that her name was Helen. |
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What names count as being beautiful and exciting, of course, is partly a cultural matter.
For example, many women of Earth might be astonished to learn that their names, which they may regard as simple or common, names such as 'Jane' or 'Alice', are found extremely beautiful to the Gorean ear.
To be sure, the Gorean commonly alters the pronunciation somewhat, to conform with phonemic variations with which he is more familiar.
Further, as I may have mentioned, many Earth-girl names are found extremely provocative to the Gorean male.
This probably has to do with emotive connotations resulting from his familiarity with such girls in his markets.
Such names may suggest to him, usually correctly, that their lovely bearer is going to be an unusually helpless and delicious slave.
I once saw a girl in her chains dragged from the very market block and raped in the aisle for no other reason, apparently, than that the auctioneer had mentioned that her name was Helen.
- (Explorers of Gor)