Gaertk at aol.com writes: > Damien Sullivan <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes: -snip- > > "hamstring the yendi" is Aliera's phrase; Sethra wasn't > > around in that scene. > > It's still rude to call him a yendi when talking to his > reincarnation. I can't help wondering if there really was > a yendi involved; yes, I know snakes don't have hamstrings, > but that could be referring to severing the spinal column. Why is it rude? - tky