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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!RA.MSSTATE.EDU!MAYNOR
  3. Message-ID: <9301281825.AA11530@Ra.MsState.Edu>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:25:13 CST
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
  8. Subject:      Interesting Sociolinguistic Tidbit
  9. Comments: To: words-l@uga.cc.uga.edu
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  12. The express in !Kung (of Botswana) that means "big genitals" is used as
  13. an insult.  "If there were a !Kung equivalent of 'wienie' it would be a
  14. compliment, since small-to-moderate penis size is valued (Shostak 1983)."
  15. From Deborah Cameron, "Naming of Parts: Gender, Culture, and Terms for
  16. the Penis Among American College Students," -American Speech- 67.4 [current
  17. issue], 367-382.
  18.    --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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