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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/16/2022 9:34 AM, Iikka Hauhio
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;">De'vID:<br>
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class="size" style="font-size:14px">{Sey} probably
*can* be used in a sexual context where the English
"excited/exciting" might be used, but that's really
just the normal meaning of the word applied to that
context, and I don't see how it can be a source of
confusion in general.</span></span></span></div>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;">In Finnish the
word doesn't have any sexual connotations and there is a
separate word that has only sexual connotations. I don't see how
it can be "applied to sex".<br>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;">I was reading <i>nuq
bop bom</i> and it has several sexual scenes. How do I know
if <b>Sey</b> refers to just general excitement or sexual
excitement? I understand people want to talk about sexual things
in Klingon, but I'd feel more comfortable when I know that a
scene is supposed to have sexual tones and when it isn't. For
example, when someone is excited when meeting someone, does that
mean that they are happy because they meet them or because they
have sexual feelings form them? I don't think it should be
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<p>Context.</p>
<p>Situation 1: I meet a friend I haven't seen in years. To say that
I am excited means I am experiencing heightened emotions of
happiness or nostalgia upon seeing them.</p>
<p>Situation 2: I hear some really good news about an upcoming
event. To say that I am excited means I am experiencing heightened
anticipation regarding the event.</p>
<p>Situation 3: I see a strange woman whom I find attractive. To say
that I am excited means I am experiencing heightened feelings of
romance and/or sexual desire.</p>
<p>(Sorry, this next one is graphic.)<br>
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<p>Situation 4: I am in bed with the woman, and she looks down at my
penis and says that I'm excited. It has the same literal meaning
as Situation 3, but in this case it is a euphemism meaning that my
penis is erect.</p>
<p>(Again, sorry, but it illustrates the power of context.)</p>
<p>Situation N: There are any number of other situations where the
word <i>excited</i> refers to heightened emotions or electric
charge or quantum energy states. We understand which meaning is
intended because of context.<br>
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