[Dragaera] Gender imbalance in the Jhereg [_Dzur_ Spoiler]
Howard Brazee
howard at brazee.net
Thu Feb 15 16:47:00 PST 2007
On 4:31 PM Jon Lincicum wrote:
> >>He actually says Yendi and Jhereg. "A Jhereg I would have
> recognized by
> >>> > his smell." or some such comment follows.
> >
> >>
> >> Ah, good point then - but I'll just claim that's simply the
> Jhereg's
> >> mishmash genetics.
>
>
> Point taken. The genetic factor also makes it that much easier for
> any Jhereg who would wish to appear unaffiliated to just kind of
> blend in, however.
In our world racists have said they could tell a minority by the smell -
this looks similar.
But to some extent, we sometimes *can* tell if someone is from a culture
with a very different diet than we have. Vegetarians can smell meat
eaters for instance.
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