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Updated: June 24, 2025
More wind behind that, a regular sand storm. Ever been through one of 'em?" "In Nebraska," Morgan replied, with detached attention, watching what he still believed to be a cloud lifting above the hazy horizon. "Nothin' like the sand storms in this country," Joe discounted, never willing to yield one point in derogative comparison between that land and any other.
"Well, I can't say that myself. It's fascinating, though. Your partner makes such a difference. Mrs. Cowperwood doesn't like it as much as I do." His mention of Lillian made Aileen think of her in a faintly derogative way for a moment. "I think you dance very well. I watched you, too." She questioned afterwards whether she should have said this. It sounded most forward now almost brazen.
The King required an oath of allegiance from all, and that "all laws and ordinances ... contrary or derogative to his authority and government should be annulled and repealed."
The terms, "foolish," "swinish," etc., have lost their literal sense and mean now no more than "my," while the polite forms mean "yours." To translate these terms, "my foolish wife," "my swinish son," is incorrect, because it twice translates the same word. In such cases the Japanese thought is best expressed by using the possessive pronoun and omitting the derogative adjective altogether.
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