Re: Second Call for Papers: ECAL 2007 - Workshop on the Emergence of Social Behaviour

In article <3gc9bwj8vbey.d3tl9qkkxz7e$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Joachim Pense <snob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Am Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:34:42 +1200 schrieb Paul J Kriha:

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That was the point. Some Continental E. languages don't
have any association between ***, *** end, or bird of some kind
and ***. On the other hand there are associations between
hot, heat, and ***, which I don't think generally exists in the
English language.

I don't know of any etymological connection, but "***" is used to
mean a torch as well as the bundle of sticks (fascine) from which one
could be made. The usage seems to be most common in the context of
burning heretics.

Indeed, in German a homosexual is sometimes called "warmer Bruder",
and "warm" can mean "homosexual". Maybe (I'll have to look it up)
"schwul" (gay) has something to do with "schwül" (hot, humid, as of
athmosphere).

"Flaming" is commonly applied to homosexuals, most often in the
collocation "flaming queer" but occasionally elsewhere.

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Odysseus
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