Book 1. (7 results) Tarnsman of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 125 | Apparently, after having been brought to the planet, they had simply been released, much as animals might be released in a forest preserve, or fish stocked free in a river. |
| 3 | 126 | The ancestors of some of them might have been Chaldeans or Celts or Syrians or Englishmen brought to this world over a period of centuries from different civilizations. |
| 3 | 127 | But the children, of course, and their children eventually became simply gorean. |
| 3 | 128 | In the long ages on gor almost all traces of Earth origin had vanished. |
| 3 | 129 | Occasionally, however, an English word in gorean, like "ax" or "ship," would delight me. |
| 3 | 130 | Certain other expressions seemed clearly to be of Greek or German origin. |
| 3 | 131 | If I had been a skilled linguist, I undoubtedly would have discovered hundreds of parallels and affinities, grammatical and otherwise, between gorean and various of the Earth languages. |
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Apparently, after having been brought to the planet, they had simply been released, much as animals might be released in a forest preserve, or fish stocked free in a river.
The ancestors of some of them might have been Chaldeans or Celts or Syrians or Englishmen brought to this world over a period of centuries from different civilizations.
But the children, of course, and their children eventually became simply gorean.
In the long ages on gor almost all traces of Earth origin had vanished.
Occasionally, however, an English word in gorean, like "ax" or "ship," would delight me.
Certain other expressions seemed clearly to be of Greek or German origin.
If I had been a skilled linguist, I undoubtedly would have discovered hundreds of parallels and affinities, grammatical and otherwise, between gorean and various of the Earth languages.
- (Tarnsman of Gor, Chapter )