Re[4]: [tied] Languages Evolve in Punctuational Bursts

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 52470
Date: 2008-02-07

At 5:10:00 PM on Thursday, February 7, 2008, Patrick Ryan
wrote:

> What do Dick and Peter or pussycat have to do with word
> taboos?

The first two are slang for 'penis'; 'pussycat' contains
'pussy', slang for 'vulva'.

Brian

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