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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 350068" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I had to do a report at uni on a broad spectrum of domestication and I remember researching koi and the many ways and reasons they used to be kept. I remember stories of one Oriental princess who used to put gold earrings in her goldfish's gill covers and pectoral fins... other koi didn't have it so good, they were kept in damp sacks that hung from the dripping walls of underground cellars, fattened up artificially and then harvested when big enough. A sort of piscine pate de foie gras...</p><p></p><p>I was surprised to find the site now censors that word rhyming with tarp. But then, I do keep getting taken by surprise by what words are offensive and what words are not. We have a lot of words in common, inoffensive use in Australia which would be censored here. Conversely, there are other words which are very offensive in Australia but often used by new Australians or tourists who don't mean to offend, they just don't realise. This afternoon my doctor's receptionist (her husband, and a very nice guy, very morally conservative) used a phrase which has me cringing, he's done it before, but he would be mortified if I corrected him. He just doesn't know that here, it is generally offensive.</p><p></p><p>It just goes to show...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 350068, member: 1991"] I had to do a report at uni on a broad spectrum of domestication and I remember researching koi and the many ways and reasons they used to be kept. I remember stories of one Oriental princess who used to put gold earrings in her goldfish's gill covers and pectoral fins... other koi didn't have it so good, they were kept in damp sacks that hung from the dripping walls of underground cellars, fattened up artificially and then harvested when big enough. A sort of piscine pate de foie gras... I was surprised to find the site now censors that word rhyming with tarp. But then, I do keep getting taken by surprise by what words are offensive and what words are not. We have a lot of words in common, inoffensive use in Australia which would be censored here. Conversely, there are other words which are very offensive in Australia but often used by new Australians or tourists who don't mean to offend, they just don't realise. This afternoon my doctor's receptionist (her husband, and a very nice guy, very morally conservative) used a phrase which has me cringing, he's done it before, but he would be mortified if I corrected him. He just doesn't know that here, it is generally offensive. It just goes to show... Marg [/QUOTE]
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