Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 50 | 184 | As an analogy one would not expect a tiger, even an intelligent, rational tiger, if such could exist, to recite Shakespeare well, and a Shakespearean scholar would not be likely to soothe or satisfy a kur audience with a rendition of even the simplest of their revered poets. |
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 50 | 181 | Most kur translators, as I understood it, at least on Gor, were set, as one would expect, for Gorean alone. |
| 50 | 182 | Too, few kurii understand spoken Gorean without a translator, and few can do little more than produce a grotesque mockery of human phonemes. |
| 50 | 183 | To be fair, of course, few humans can do much with the phonemes of kur either. |
| 50 | 184 | As an analogy one would not expect a tiger, even an intelligent, rational tiger, if such could exist, to recite Shakespeare well, and a Shakespearean scholar would not be likely to soothe or satisfy a kur audience with a rendition of even the simplest of their revered poets. |
| 50 | 185 | Indeed, he would be well advised to refrain from the attempt. |
| 50 | 186 | kurii are both short-tempered and fanged. |
| 50 | 187 | "I did not understand you," came from the beast's translator. |
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Most kur translators, as I understood it, at least on Gor, were set, as one would expect, for Gorean alone.
Too, few kurii understand spoken Gorean without a translator, and few can do little more than produce a grotesque mockery of human phonemes.
To be fair, of course, few humans can do much with the phonemes of kur either.
As an analogy one would not expect a tiger, even an intelligent, rational tiger, if such could exist, to recite Shakespeare well, and a Shakespearean scholar would not be likely to soothe or satisfy a kur audience with a rendition of even the simplest of their revered poets.
Indeed, he would be well advised to refrain from the attempt.
kurii are both short-tempered and fanged.
"I did not understand you," came from the beast's translator.
- (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 50)