I didn't think he was a eunuch. stick and no berries != berries and no stick.
Technically, he's not. But it won't allow him to reproduce, so it's enough for the chart's joke.
RichardGHP wrote:I don't think a grown man will become a eunuch just by losing his berries. His voice is already broken.
You're thinking about
castrati
singers. A man doesn't need to be castrated before puberty to be considered a eunuch; historically, a lot of eunuchs were castrated in adulthood, and their vocal chords are already changed by testosterone.
How is the voice important in the nomenclature of a 'eunuch'?
A eunuch is a man who has been castrated. The age at which castration took place is irrelevant for the 'eunuch' definition. That means that a boy who has been castrated is a eunuch, and a man who has been castrated is a eunuch. Before/after puberty matters only for
castrati
, not for eunuchs in general.
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In post 2354, xRECKONERx wrote:also I've decided Arya shall be my beacon of hope and happiness and if a single bad thing happens to her I'm going to find GRRM and gut him like a pig
His wife made him promise that he won't kill her.
So she won't die physically. But killing Sansa will break her stoneheart, set your watch and warrant on it.
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In post 2354, xRECKONERx wrote:also I've decided Arya shall be my beacon of hope and happiness and if a single bad thing happens to her I'm going to find GRRM and gut him like a pig
His wife made him promise that he won't kill her.
So she won't die physically. But killing Sansa will break her stoneheart, set your watch and warrant on it.
Sansa is part of the Arya Awesomeness Protectorate by association, and as such a protected specie. Rickon and Bran can both die though.
In post 2354, xRECKONERx wrote:also I've decided Arya shall be my beacon of hope and happiness and if a single bad thing happens to her I'm going to find GRRM and gut him like a pig
His wife made him promise that he won't kill her.
So she won't die physically. But killing Sansa will break her stoneheart, set your watch and warrant on it.
Sansa is part of the Arya Awesomeness Protectorate by association, and as such a protected specie. Rickon and Bran can both die though.
Of those three siblings, Rickon is the only one I care about really. Sansa has been the kind of annoying stereotypical teen girl too much (not saying Joffrey tried to kill her sister, the shallowness, etc.) even though she's obviously suffered a lot afterward. Bran is okay but the whole thing about having to go north of the wall is like a suicide mission he has given himself.
I speculate that the only reason Rickon was even created was so someone could carry on the Stark name with Robb dead and Bran a cripple, so I expect him to live.
In post 2365, Tierce wrote:How is the voice important in the nomenclature of an 'eunuch'?
An eunuch is a man who has been castrated. The age at which castration took place is irrelevant for the 'eunuch' definition. That means that a boy who has been castrated is a eunuch, and a man who has been castrated is a eunuch. Before/after puberty matters only for
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