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From: bandy@lll-crg.ARpA (Andrew Scott Beals)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.nlang
Subject: Sex is Funny to Eskimos - need clarification
Message-ID: <1227@lll-crg.ARpA>
Date: Sun, 2-Feb-86 20:21:31 EST
Article-I.D.: lll-crg.1227
Posted: Sun Feb  2 20:21:31 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Feb-86 03:27:38 EST
References: <718@cylixd.UUCP> <293@unirot.UUCP> <548@hounx.UUCP> <2962@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: bandy@lll-crg.UUCP (Andrew Scott Beals)
Followup-To: net.singles
Organization: Computation Research Group, Lawrence Livermore Labs
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Summary: Any net.nlang folks have the definitive answer?

>In article <548@hounx.UUCP> kort@hounx.UUCP writes:
>>I am told that the Eskimo word for "sex" is "iglavtiriwok".
>>I am also told that the Eskimo word for "laughter" is "iglavtiriwok".
>>Well, at least *some* cultures think sex is funny.
>>--Barry Kort

I've heard this not about "ig.*wok", but about "nookie".

Do any of you net.nlang folks have the definitive answer?
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andy beals - bandy@lll-crg.arpa - {seismo,ihnp4,qantel}!lll-crg!bandy