BENAir01 601 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) So I've noticed people use a varied vocabulary on this website. For example some people use more medical words like penis and vagina, while others go all out dumb, saying things like cock, pussy etc. Is there a reason of your use of words? Edit: I just realized I accidentally posted this in wetting experiences, any chance someone could move it to omorashi general? Thanks Edited April 30, 2017 by BENAir01 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment
Spurgle 471 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 27 minutes ago, BENAir01 said: Edit: I just realized I accidentally posted this in wetting experiences, any chance someone could move it to omorashi general? Thanks Message one of the moderators. Quote Link to comment
WaityKaty 1,171 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Pending thread movement aside; People use words they are comfortable with. And the reason they are comfortable with certain words is because that vocabulary has been inculcated into them by their particular society. That is to say "we use the words people around us use." Personally I usually just allude to body parts most the time; down there, between my legs, myself, himself, etc. If I'm writing fiction I might have a character use a different vocabulary though. facade 1 Quote Link to comment
BENAir01 601 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Okay. Very interesting. Makes sense with me I prefer to use penis, as I grew up in a family with my mom being a doctor so I gelées up using a more medical vocabulary. Suck as when I hiccup I say "oop my frenic nerve must be irriated" Quote Link to comment
Dunney 475 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I regard the medical terms as neutral, so use them if I'm discussing what's in a video, for instance. The others are sexually loaded, and I occasionally use them in that context. Especially "tits" for breasts. (Boobs, to me are errors, not breasts.) Quote Link to comment
BENAir01 601 Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 11 hours ago, AquaVitae said: First, it's phrenic. Second, as an actual medical professional, the last thing I want to do is talk in the bedroom like I talk at work. I don't think that makes me sound "dumb" at all. Thank you for the correction. And yes, that moles sense, dumb was definitely not a good word to use. Still hearing "cock" makes me a tad uncomfortable Quote Link to comment
googlism2008 54 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I understand that terms like "penis" and "vagina" may seem too explicit, while terms like "cock" and "pussy" may appear brusque. I sometimes use terms like "member" and "privates" as more neutral terms that are somewhat less explicit, yet easily understood within the context. Quote Link to comment
AliasnameTO 335 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) I remember a long time ago seeing a watersports blog entry where the writer talked about this. On one hand are the medical terms, which are too cold and clinical for normal use. The outer part of a person's body is their "skin", not their epidermis. On the other are the slang words like cock and pussy, which make it sound dirty and scandalous. So what is a writer to do? The author of this blog used unconventional words for those parts. I forget the etymology of them, but she referred to the penis as the "lingam" and a girl's parts as the "yoni." To me it came off as weird and hippie-ish but it hit that connotation sweet spot of sounding like it was said neither by a doctor nor a porn star. Barring that though, it comes down to what word fits best. I will generally err on the side of correct terms unless there's a reason to do otherwise, like in a non-omo story I'm writing about teenage boys. They say "dick" a lot, so I use dick. And as others have said a lot of word choice is avoiding repetition. It's especially hard with desperation and wetting because there are only so many ways to say "s/he had to pee really bad and peed on themselves." Edited May 1, 2017 by AliasnameTO (see edit history) Quote Link to comment
WetG/F 49 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 He he...this is fun and we could go to pages and pages on this......I am training a group of Americans presently to understand English slang and London slang and we have many discussions about how English English differs from American English......and how words and their meanings change over time....and why they change, sometimes it can even be a simple thing like misunderstanding, just as the word 'fanny' became an English slang word for pussy because, uneducated soldiers heard american soldiers say a girl had fallen on her fanny...they meant 'ass' (arse in English) the English guys thought they meant her pussy. Just as Tea became that word as a bastardisation of Chai.....likewise Beijing......was known for many years in the West as Peking. 'Pratt' was a also a slang word for an idiot in UK for several decades......I believe it originates with 'Pratfalls' in the American circus among 'clowns' and 'tumblers' as the art of falling on your ass in a safe and athletic manner. I tend to use Americanisms that I know when writing to Americans on various forums as a form of politeness. I have to admit that I have not seen the word 'Lingam' to describe a penis since the late 60's....since then it became 'Johnson'...which is why I am sure that Johnson is only used as a first name for a boy by ....I was going to say 'uneducated' people but maybe I should be kinder and say 'people with less experience of the world of names and words' I,m sure the Parents of one of the UKs latest living holders of the Victoria Cross LCPL Johnson Beharry (mixed race) had no idea....that in the USA a Johnson was a 'dick'........also a 'Dick' was used to describe a detective at one time...in USA and UK. OK Americans...try this little puzzle......The other day I heard, on the radio, a couple of eastern european DJs who I am assuming also spoke English to some degree, discussing a recent song by an American female singer...........They were completely puzzled by 'why she hates his Mom and why his mom is not doing his washing for him', and why this would be in a song.??? So what song is it......?????? When you get it, listen to the song, listen to her accent and you will realise why people who do not speak English perfectly and do not have a lot of contact with Americans....are confused by cultural differences and strong accents. Quote Link to comment
BENAir01 601 Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 1 hour ago, WetG/F said: likewise Beijing......was known for many years in the West as Peking And this isn't nearly the only one. The west renamed many major Asian cities suck as: Beijing --> Peking Guangzhou --> Canton Mumbai --> Bombay Belgaluru --> Bangalore Mangaluru --> Mangalore Kolkata --> Calcutta Yangon --> Rangoon etc etc And of course Phuket --> Fuck it Quote Link to comment
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