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| Do you love the C-Word? |
| Yes, I bloody well use it whenever I please |
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| I find it can be effective when used sparingly |
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| Not really thought much about it |
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| I find it wholly repugnant |
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| F off you cheeky C*** |
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Craven Moorehead
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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| The eye that weeps when most pleased. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:56 am Post subject: |
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The discussion of the word on another thread inspired me to bump this one up.
From Wiki:
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| William Shakespeare hinted at the word cunt in Hamlet, Twelfth Night and Henry V: Hamlet makes reference to "country matters" when he tries to lay his head in Ophelia's lap; Malvolio has the salacious line (although the term cut was an accepted euphemism for vagina in the early sixteenth century) "These be her very c's, her u's, and her t's, and thus she makes her great p's"; and the French Princess Katherine is amused by the word gown for its similarity to the French con[citation needed]. |
I already knew of the reference in Hamlet, but shall now forever keep an ear out for the others - hehe.
| In Act III of Hamlet, William Shakespeare wrote: |
Hamlet: Lady, shall I lie in your lap?
Ophelia: No, my Lord.
Hamlet: I mean my head upon your lap?
Ophelia: Ay, my Lord.
Hamlet: Do you think I meant country matters?
Ophelia: I think nothing my Lord.
Hamlet: That's a fair thought to lie between maid's legs.
Ophelia: What is, my Lord?.
Hamlet: Nothing. |
And from the same Wiki article (on Profanity):
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| Interestingly, the word cunt, while retaining its original meaning in America, has changed in meaning somewhat in Great Britain in the past thirty years. Where American usage of the word mostly refers to either female anatomy or (in extreme cases) an ill-tempered woman, cunt in the UK has attained the status of a gender-neutral insult |
This is pretty much why Americans tend to be more appalled by the word than us guttermouth Brits.  Actually, though it says 'gender-neutral,' I have, in fact, never heard it used for a woman in the UK. It's always used (at least where I've lived) to describe a bloke. |
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PokerZero
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: theultimatetrek.com/forum
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:41 am Post subject: |
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I have heard it once to describe a girl and it did seem MUCH harsher than when it's said to blokes but the way it was used made a huge difference.
I have to admit I rather like it and had no idea Americans felt so strongly about it until I came to Korea. One guy even described it as 'the most offensive word in the English language' which seems like complete nonsense to me. |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
Location: Classified
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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In the UK it's usually used to mean:
a) a total B'stard (i.e. a thoroughly unpleasant fellow)
b) a silly knob ~ (i.e. a foolish fellow)
and only sometimes:
c) a part of a woman's anatomy
I'd never really heard it directed at a woman...until an American man called me one. I was quite surprised! |
When Chaucer used the word in Canterbury Tales, it was exclusively used to refer to that part of a woman's anatomy. |
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mrgiles
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| i kinda get the impression that, generally, north americans swear a lot less than either us antipodeans or them pommy cnuts. i never thought that would've been the case from watching the yank movies i have. at my last hagwon job i used to shock the canadians regularly with my "pawty mouth," especially when the photocopier fked up. i enjoyed it, to tell u the truth. |
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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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| Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| ReeseDog wrote: |
| Big_Bird wrote: |
In the UK it's usually used to mean:
a) a total B'stard (i.e. a thoroughly unpleasant fellow)
b) a silly knob ~ (i.e. a foolish fellow)
and only sometimes:
c) a part of a woman's anatomy
I'd never really heard it directed at a woman...until an American man called me one. I was quite surprised! |
When Chaucer used the word in Canterbury Tales, it was exclusively used to refer to that part of a woman's anatomy. |
Just as when the Normans used bastard to refer to William the Bastard (William I), it was exclusively used to mean illegitimate child. The meanings of words change and evolve over time. |
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yawarakaijin
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:13 am Post subject: |
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Australian ladies, in my opinion, are some of the most foul mouthed lasses I have ever came across. I'm all for equality and everything but nothing makes the blood rush out of my cock faster than a woman using the C-word.
ps I meant to say pee-nis but it wouldn't let me. This swear filter was definitely not put together by an Australian woman.  |
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mnhnhyouh
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: The Middle Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| yawarakaijin wrote: |
Australian ladies, in my opinion, are some of the most foul mouthed lasses I have ever came across. I'm all for equality and everything but nothing makes the blood rush out of my cock faster than a woman using the C-word.
ps I meant to say pee-nis but it wouldn't let me. This swear filter was definitely not put together by an Australian woman. |
That shouldn't be a problem. Most of them seem to prefer men
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yawarakaijin
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| mnhnhyouh wrote: |
| yawarakaijin wrote: |
Australian ladies, in my opinion, are some of the most foul mouthed lasses I have ever came across. I'm all for equality and everything but nothing makes the blood rush out of my cock faster than a woman using the C-word.
ps I meant to say pee-nis but it wouldn't let me. This swear filter was definitely not put together by an Australian woman. |
That shouldn't be a problem. Most of them seem to prefer men
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Czarjorge
Joined: 01 May 2007
Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: |
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I love dropping "cunt" when appropriate, though that is in the US and the pc folk tend to get whipped into a frenzy.
You gotta love a word you can chew on, and cunt is better than fat off a T-bone. |
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kabrams
Joined: 15 Mar 2008
Location: your Dad's house
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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C*nt, to me, isn't that bad considering all the other things I've been called. If someone called me a c*nt, I'd probably just laugh. If someone called me a n*gger, I'd run.
It is offensive, though. Probably one of the most offensive words in English (besides the racial ones) |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| How interesting ... this site can be so informative when it wants to be. |
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