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Problems of context and the oversensitivity of the Desperate

October 3, 2007

This morning, Reynz and I were talking over GTalk about the Desperate Housewives brouhaha when the topic led me to ask about the Bikolano term “uragon”.

Over the comments at the blog post linked above, I saw her say something about being called “uragon” as an insult when I had the impression that it had a positive connotation. See, the Legaspi chapter of IPMS Philippines - Bert Anido calls itself the Uragon chapter, and that made me think that “uragon” was actually positive thru-and-thru.

Reynz explained that, if a person close to her called her “uragon”, it may sound positive and treated like a term of endearment, but if it was someone else, “uragon” would actually be an insult.

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Written by kapenilattex · Filed Under Entertainment 

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