The thing about cursing is that the idea comes from the fact that anything that leaves your tongue has weight. When you say something to someone, it has permanence, so you choose your words carefully.
To "curse" at someone was to wish suffering on them. "A pox on your clan." "Get fucked.". Back when it was far less socially acceptable to use "common" language, the utterance of it would hit like a bomb. Aristocrats had ways of insulting one another that evaded the use of undesirable language, but when one WAS used, it would be jarring and damning for both parties involved.
This is why Dadarupo, as prejudiced and elitist as he is, finds ways of insulting others that save face.
Instead of, "Hey Miqote. You dress like a slut. Why don't you go get fucked and put some clothes on?"
He might say to someone else but within earshot of the offender,
"You know, I just don't understand these Miqote men and their choices of fashion. You'd think they'd learn to dress themselves after a few generations in civilization. But I suppose a coeurl isn't trained in a day. Or rather, a decade."
To "curse" at someone was to wish suffering on them. "A pox on your clan." "Get fucked.". Back when it was far less socially acceptable to use "common" language, the utterance of it would hit like a bomb. Aristocrats had ways of insulting one another that evaded the use of undesirable language, but when one WAS used, it would be jarring and damning for both parties involved.
This is why Dadarupo, as prejudiced and elitist as he is, finds ways of insulting others that save face.
Instead of, "Hey Miqote. You dress like a slut. Why don't you go get fucked and put some clothes on?"
He might say to someone else but within earshot of the offender,
"You know, I just don't understand these Miqote men and their choices of fashion. You'd think they'd learn to dress themselves after a few generations in civilization. But I suppose a coeurl isn't trained in a day. Or rather, a decade."
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