THe C word USA vs. UK. (page 4)

avishai

Thanks, BC, I did'nt realize that that myth had been busted!! Awesome.

jefferywhat

For one, the UK isnt a colony, the US was though!

I think the c word is offensive anywhere, I have been to a bunch of the colonies old and new, its a no no!!

JWdaughter

Whats a Glasgow kiss? I am thinking its no relation to a French kiss---But in the context of the op, I am really curious Shelly

Mincan

It's not fair, Colonol Ingus is revered here, why not everywhere?

Honestly, I rarely hear that word used here - though I know some do. It is considered not only vulgar, but tends to identify those who use it as pretty low-life. It is a guttural word, seemingly preferred by those from that venue, the gutter.

I have the same opine of those who frequent the use of the F-word. It is used far more casually though. I find it just as demeaning as the C-word to be honest. All sense of decorum seems to have disappeared these days, unfortunately.

Jeff

Sad emo

Whats a Glasgow kiss? I am thinking its no relation to a French kiss---But in the context of the op, I am really curious Shelly

http://www.kingpinmag.com/features/category/random/for-the-love-of-god

Stitch thon- the gentle art of the Glasgow Kiss
The Glasgow kiss is a gentlemanly way of resolving disputes vis a vis whether one was indeed looking at that gentleman's girlfriend or did in fact spill his pint. When two chaps require arbitration in such a dispute, the done thing is to introduce your forehead into your opponents neb at a great rate of knots, thereby abrogating the need for the cut and thrust of intellectual debate and ribald wordplay.
Often heralded by the rhetorical question "Can you sew? Stitch that.", and ending with half a bog roll up either nostril, the Glasgow Kiss is a must- receive of any true Scotland tour. Ah, those scamps...

see, not as bad as you may have first thought!

chickpea

c*nt

"female intercrural foramen," or, as some 18c. writers refer to it, "the monosyllable," M.E. cunte "female genitalia," akin to O.N. kunta, from P.Gmc. *kunton, of uncertain origin. Some suggest a link with L. cuneus "wedge," others to PIE base *geu- "hollow place," still others to PIE *gwen-, root of queen and Gk. gyne "woman." The form is similar to L. cunnus "female pudenda," which is likewise of disputed origin, perhaps lit. "gash, slit," from PIE *sker- "to cut," or lit. "sheath," from PIE *kut-no- , from base *(s)keu- "to conceal, hide." First known reference in Eng. is said to be c.1230 Oxford or London street name Gropecuntlane, presumably a haunt of prostitutes. Avoided in public speech since 15c.; considered obscene since 17c. Du. cognate de kont means "a bottom, an arse." Du. also has attractive poetic slang ways of expressing this part, such as liefdesgrot, lit. "cave of love," and vleesroos "rose of flesh." Alternate form cunny is attested from c.1720 but is certainly much earlier and forced a change in the pronunciation of coney (q.v.), but it was good for a pun while coney was still the common word for "rabbit": "A pox upon your Christian cockatrices! They cry, like poulterers' wives, 'No money, no coney.' " [Massinger, 1622] http://www.etymonline.com/

the hub sets my teeth on edge when he hurls the invective "slit" .... his version of the C word, applied equally to both genders... oi

frankiespeakin

Did a little googleing and thought Wikipedia was good. Shakespeare used it to make a pun in the "Twelfth Night" another Blog I like I liked:

http://www.newsgarden.org/chatters/homepages/alllie/dirtywords.shtml
So we come to cuuunt, probably the most heavily tabooed of English words. This was not always so. The word appears in the Canturbury Tales (ca. 1400), spelled queynte, "And prively he caught hire by the queynte... And heeld hire by thehaunchbones." The earliest known reference is from the 11 th century and in 1230 there was a London street called
Gropecunte Lane (Lover's Lane maybe?), and, in 1328, even a Bele Wydecunthe (poor thing!). Shakespeare uses cunt as a pun in Twelfth Night. As cunt became taboo, new words sprang up. A woman's external genitalia have been known as cat, beaver, beard (thus a beardsplitter is a womanizer), snatch, twat, nokie, piece, squirrel, tail, mutton, Lapland, slit, scut, Netherlands, cozzy, quim, mouse, monkey, fish, cony, bit, bunny, scut, hat (because frequently felt), furburger or a boxlunch or hair pie (the dish in cunnilingus) and Carvel's ring. In a poem from 1230 a jealous old doctor named Carvel dreamed the Devil gave him a ring that would prevent his wife from being unfaithful as long as he wore it. Carvel 's wife woke him with the complaint "You've thrust your finger God knows where!"

R.Crusoe

Last generation before he stared with Bo Derek In 10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTifRi3qDkU&feature=related

THe C word USA vs. UK.