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Forum Name: Undocumented Features General
Topic ID: 89
Message ID: 99
#99, RE: Entr'acte: The Courtship of Princess Dessler: Discussion
Posted by Pasha on Sep-01-01 at 05:00 PM
In response to message #85
>>>of Gamilion, *and* co-comlien to the future head of the fleet.
>>
>>I'm afraid I don't know the word I've italicized, nor does my
>>dictionary. What is it?
>
>I suspect that Pasha means "coimelin", a term from the Pendorian
>language of Elf Sternberg's "Journal Entries of Kennet R'yal Shardik"
>series of SF-erotica. "Coimelin", as far as I can gather, seems to
>refer to one's true love, with the understanding (and assumption) that
>an individual can have more than one coimelin.

Hah! That's how you spell it! (I was too lazy (and at work) to go look it up.

>Me, I find polyamory much too messy in the Real World, though it does
>make for happy fiction.

But, it's also fun in small doses, when you will never see the people again...

>I need to take my own advice.


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-Pasha
Umm, right....I'll be with you in just a sec now...