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makeup vs. societies

You left a message on my talk page regarding the above. Could you explain where you're coming from? Is it in reference to an edit I made? Lexicon (talk) 17:20, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Ah, I found it. Okay, here's why I made the change: "Carnival is traditionally held in areas with a large Catholic and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox societies" doesn't make sense. First, the grammar is wrong. To make it make grammatical sense it would need to be "Carnival is traditionally held in Catholic and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox societies", but that correction would lead to the second problem, which is that it's supposed to mean that Carnival is held in areas where there are lots of Catholics or, to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox, but correcting the grammar leads to the false statement that there are Catholic or Eastern Orthodox societies, which there aren't. There are countries, regions, cities, etc., but not "societies". "Carnival is traditionally held in areas with a large Catholic and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox makeup" means "Carnival is traditionally held in places where Catholics and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox MAKE UP a large portion of the population", which is exactly what it's supposed to say. Lexicon (talk) 17:44, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

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Profanity (are gestures profane?)

Hello I'm bringing this to your talk page as, whilst I'm sure you are right about 'no need for refs in lede', no definitions of profanity include gestures. Profanity is either 'disrespect for the sacred', or, more recently 'bad language'. I put the cit tag in the hope that someone would either agree/disagree that gestures are NOT profane (unless of course you are 'giving the finger' in church etc.). Pincrete (talk) 20:56, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello, apologies, I'm going about this in the wrong way. There are several unref'd and (in my opinion questionable) assertions on the Profanity page. What I should/will do is simply make my edits and see who bites. Thanks for previous replies.Pincrete (talk) 13:24, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

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