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| ** Note of Interest ** The following passage has been included to help explain the original use of the term 'ko-lar'. The folowing quote is the ONLY time this term was used in any of the books. It was used as a phonetic pronunciation of the word for explanational purposes and NOT intended as a replacement for the true word itself ... collar. |
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| "Ko-lar," she said, indicating her collar. "It is the same word in English," I cried. She did not understand my outburst. Gorean, as I would learn, is rich in words borrowed from Earth languages; how rich it is I am not a skilled enough philologist to conjecture. It may be well that almost all Gorean expressions may be traced to one or another Earth language. Yet, the language is fluid, rich and expressive. Borrowed expressions, as in linguistic borrowing generally, take on the coloration of the borrowing language; in time the borrowings become naturalized, so to speak, being fully incorporated into the borrowing language; at this point they are, for all practial purposes, words within the borrowing language. How many, in English, for example, think of expressions such as 'automobile', 'corral', and 'lariat' as being foreign words? "Collar!" I said. Eta frowned. "Ko-lar," she repeated, again indicating the neck band of steel fashioned on her throat. "Ko-lar," I said, carefully following her pronunciation. Eta accepted this. {Slave Girl of Gor, pages 80 - 81} |
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| Examples of Collarings | Purposes of a Collar | Regarding 'Ko-lar' | Regional Collars | Types of Collars | |
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