On 2/12/14, 6:48 AM, Ender Nafi Elekcioglu wrote:
you should know that calling someone as a dog is a very, very, VERY, VERY harsh, petty, offensive insult in my language & culture.
I think it's easy for westerners to forget that, since over here a dog is just another animal with no special significance. Our insults tend to be more sexually-related, which goes to show how juvenile our culture is. Genitalia are insulting, which has always puzzled me a bit.
As for Richmond's manners, well, he has his own. But I'm pretty sure he was oblivious to the cultural insult. His insults are far more universal in nature, though still mostly unintentional.
Once I met him in person I understood. He's a pussycat (cultural clarification: "pussycat" is a harmless, playful person, even though the first half of the word could be construed as a sexual insult. Americans are strange.)
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