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Ellen knew that those brought to Gor from Earth were accounted barbarians in a sense stronger than one merely linguistic, one having to do with a remote and commonly little-understood point of origin. - (Prize of Gor, Chapter 29, Sentence #336)

Ellen, for example, who is now fluent in Gorean, continues to be thought of as a "barbarian". "In more than that sense," said Portus Canio. "Yes, Master," granted Ellen. Ellen knew that those brought to Gor from Earth were accounted barbarians in a sense stronger than one merely linguistic, one having to do with a remote and commonly little-understood point of origin. Many Goreans, incidentally, assume that "Earth" is a remote locale or land on their own world. "You speak of yourself as civilized," said Portus Canio, "say, in contradistinction, from Goreans?" "Yes," said Ellen, a little uncertainly. It is hard to participate in such a conversation when one is on one's knees, bound naked at a pole, and has a whip somewhere behind one. - (Prize of Gor)