Panties (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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"Panties" appears in the book; "squeal like a pig" does not.

I don't perceive the scene as "using his victim like a woman".  There is
nothing male-female in the assault; it is predator-victim.



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> That too. My point (sorry for having being so terse) was that Dickey
(or =
> was it the screen writer? I guess one could check the novel)  was not
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> having the character utter a general term for underwear, but rather a
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> sardonic word for a female garment in preparation for "using his
victim =
> like a woman. I am quit certain that "panties" is not a hypernym =
> equivalent to underwear.
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> On Nov 20, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > "Like a pig," as I recall.
> >=20
> > JL
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