Book 18. (1 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 54 | 273 | The View more quotes about name">name, accordingly, has no precise translation into either Gorean or English. |
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Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 54 | 270 | 'Natu' designates corn silk, or the tassel on the maize plant; it can also stand for the hair on the side of the head. |
| 54 | 271 | These things, of course, are all silky and smooth to the touch. |
| 54 | 272 | 'Sa' stands for red. |
| 54 | 273 | The name, accordingly, has no precise translation into either Gorean or English. |
| 54 | 274 | "Red Silk" will not do as a translation because corn silk, or the hair at the side of the head, is quite different from silk, the cloth. |
| 54 | 275 | Similarly, the expression "red silk," in Gorean, tends to be used as a category in slaving, and also, outside the slaving context, as an expression in vulgar discourse, indicating that the woman is no longer a virgin, or, as the Goreans say, at least vulgarly of slaves, that her body has been opened by men. |
| 54 | 276 | Its contrasting term is "white silk," usually used of slaves who are still virgins, or, equivalently, slaves whose bodies have not yet been opened by men. |
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'Natu' designates corn silk, or the tassel on the maize plant; it can also stand for the hair on the side of the head.
These things, of course, are all silky and smooth to the touch.
'Sa' stands for red.
The name, accordingly, has no precise translation into either Gorean or English.
"Red Silk" will not do as a translation because corn silk, or the hair at the side of the head, is quite different from silk, the cloth.
Similarly, the expression "red silk," in Gorean, tends to be used as a category in slaving, and also, outside the slaving context, as an expression in vulgar discourse, indicating that the woman is no longer a virgin, or, as the Goreans say, at least vulgarly of slaves, that her body has been opened by men.
Its contrasting term is "white silk," usually used of slaves who are still virgins, or, equivalently, slaves whose bodies have not yet been opened by men.
- (Blood Brothers of Gor)