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Polyamory

di teoa, 24 luglio 2012

Messaggi: 19

Lingua: English

teoa (Mostra il profilo) 25 luglio 2012 23:40:06

@ erinja - Yeah, there is definitelyh a difference between general polyamory and open relationships, whoch tend to be more about multiple sexual partners. That was something I wanted to be sure of in the word, considering "lovers" in english carried the implication of sexual partners and thats not what I wanted in the understanding of a word for polyamory.

Chainy (Mostra il profilo) 26 luglio 2012 07:10:17

erinja:Chainy, just curious, what made you put pluramoremo into the list?

I don't know anything about polyamory myself but I am assuming that it's about more than just sex with lots of people. I see "pluramoremo" and quite frankly, I think about swingers rather than about real relationships.
Good point. I'm now wondering what the accepted word is for 'swinger'?! Meanwhile, I've deleted any forms related to 'plurAMORemo' in the Lernu dictionary.

sudanglo (Mostra il profilo) 26 luglio 2012 11:31:31

Wouldn't pluramoro be the term for a threesome or foursome?

erinja (Mostra il profilo) 26 luglio 2012 23:04:49

Yes, that's what I think, sudanglo.

eojeff (Mostra il profilo) 30 luglio 2012 01:00:12

Hmm... along similar lines, amasgeedziĝa in Esperanto should mean "mass wedding;" I think. But, I'm not sure if that would give the idea that all participants are "married" to all other participants. Or, if that would give the notion that several distinct couples were married in the same ceremonial context at the same time. Thoughts?

No good can come of this thread... definite yetzer hara fodder, I think!

erinja (Mostra il profilo) 30 luglio 2012 02:46:58

An "amasgeedziĝo" would be a mass wedding as we know it in English, in my opinion, in which many couples get married at the same time.

Esperanto compound words are understood not only in the context of the meanings of the component roots, but also in the context of daily life. Mass weddings of many couples are well-known, whereas a "mass wedding" of (for example) a hundred people marrying one another are something I have never heard of.

On the yetzer hara - I doubt that a discussion of vocabulary can provoke it! But in another light, this thread is also a way to exercise our yetzer hatov, by helping others with their Esperanto without judging - the Esperanto community is not only diverse with respect to nationality, but also diverse in all kinds of other respects, so this is good practice.

teoa (Mostra il profilo) 30 luglio 2012 04:48:52

I dont understand why no good can come of this and the concet of yetzer hara fodder.

erinja (Mostra il profilo) 30 luglio 2012 12:57:30

Yetzer hara is the Jewish concept of the inclination or temptation to do things you shouldn't. Yetzer hatov is the good inclination, the impulse to do good.

It's sort of like the Jewish philosophical version of the cartoon angel on one shoulder and devil on another, each encouraging you to do something different.

It's a bit off-topic but the yetzer hara isn't to be understood as a totally bad thing - in Judaism, this "evil inclination", as it's often translated, is something that is also used to achieve a positive result. (for example - Jealousy of someone else's skills, a negative thing, might encourage me to work to improve my own skills, a positive thing).

eojeff (Mostra il profilo) 31 luglio 2012 00:34:29

Thanks Erinja, I realized later that I probably should have explained the concept of yetzer hara and yetzer hatov with an explanatory note, or a Wikipedia link. I made a mental note to come back and edit my post. You beat me to the punch with your explanation. Thanks. ridulo.gif

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