Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 2 | 639 | We tend to View more quotes about think">think of mountains as being land formations. |
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Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 2 | 636 | The same expression is used for both mountain and iceberg. |
| 2 | 637 | If a reference should be unclear the expression is qualified, as by saying, "ice mountain". |
| 2 | 638 | A mountain is a mountain to Goreans, regardless of whether it be formed of soil and stone, or ice. |
| 2 | 639 | We tend to think of mountains as being land formations. |
| 2 | 640 | The Gorean tends to think more of them as being objects of a certain sort, rather than objects of a certain sort with a particular location. |
| 2 | 641 | In a sense, English does, too, for the expression 'berg' is simple German for 'mountain', and the expression 'iceberg', then, is a composite word which, literally translated would yield 'ice mountain' or 'mountain of ice'. |
| 2 | 642 | 'Berg', of course, in actual German, would be capitalized, for it is a noun. |
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The same expression is used for both mountain and iceberg.
If a reference should be unclear the expression is qualified, as by saying, "ice mountain".
A mountain is a mountain to Goreans, regardless of whether it be formed of soil and stone, or ice.
We tend to think of mountains as being land formations.
The Gorean tends to think more of them as being objects of a certain sort, rather than objects of a certain sort with a particular location.
In a sense, English does, too, for the expression 'berg' is simple German for 'mountain', and the expression 'iceberg', then, is a composite word which, literally translated would yield 'ice mountain' or 'mountain of ice'.
'Berg', of course, in actual German, would be capitalized, for it is a noun.
- (Beasts of Gor)