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According to my wisdom gathered in adventure books, vampires don't suck at the throat, but rather at extremities (toes, etc). They would not have a fitness advantage if their victim died...
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>She's not a garrotter (which sounds to me like a coining rather than a word...
for the record, this would be one who uses a garrotte (a thin strand of wire) to strangle, usually for the purpose of robbery.
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Bridget, I think I found out why you thought garrotter was a coined word: there's only one t.
Seems like there ought to be a feminine form: garrotrix.
But I don't think there is.
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>there's only one t
both spellings are extant in English.
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Garotting is done from behind, so if Pearl's at her throat, Pearl can't be a garotter/garoter/garotrix. Strangulation from in front using the hands, or biting and worrying, again from in front, would seem to be what's called for here.
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>According to my wisdom gathered in adventure books, vampires don't suck at the throat, but rather at extremities (toes, etc).<
wsieber, my knowledge of vampire culture is more screen than page-based, but I'm sure they go for the jugular! Think Dracula in any incarnation, or most of Buffy's charming friends. Or am I just showing my knowledge of trash culture?
But you remind me of something my parents told me when I was small - that children who tried to stay awake to catch Santa Claus would be attacked by a creature that sucked all the blood out of their toes, leaving them an empty envelope of skin beneath the bedclothes. (This one haunted me for years - I am now puzzled by it, because it is so atypically bloodthirsty for my parents....)
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Speaking of Santa Claus, I remember hearing of a bizarre store-front Christmas display in a Japanese store, featuring Santa Claus nailed to a cross.
Any of our Japanese correspondents able to throw any light on this?
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Dear all,
This thread, which i started in all innocence, has turned rather bloodthirsty of late, don't you think? How thin is our veneer of peaceful civilisation...
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>>I remember hearing of a bizarre store-front Christmas display in a Japanese store, featuring Santa Claus nailed to a cross.
well, since christmas is a non religious time in japan father christmas finds himself in many strange situations, on top of christmas trees, nailed to crosses (just want to check it wasn't a live one?), but rarely bringing presents or lounging around in shopping centres.
christmas is a time for couples to have dates in japan. it's not a holiday. new year is the religious time you spend with your parents and paying respects at graves.
i guess your shop front was a bit like western people misunderstanding the religious symbols and ceremonies of this country.
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>I remember hearing of a bizarre store-front Christmas display in a Japanese store, featuring Santa Claus nailed to a cross<
I heard this story years ago when in Japan, but never saw it myself. It may be an urban myth.
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