tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post8230116755076276899..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Tweet of the Day – Michelle LovricMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55902601198130145102016-01-15T23:58:50.949+00:002016-01-15T23:58:50.949+00:00Humph. Are you taking my name in vain?Humph. Are you taking my name in vain?Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317111331871140641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-88238544327046984222016-01-11T12:58:30.386+00:002016-01-11T12:58:30.386+00:00Nick, that is the best Christmas joke ever, unfort...Nick, that is the best Christmas joke ever, unfortunately. michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52397974492903412852016-01-11T12:58:00.793+00:002016-01-11T12:58:00.793+00:00Bless you, Lydia, but I am afraid writing to South...Bless you, Lydia, but I am afraid writing to Southwark does not appear to yield any results, judging by the number of emails and letters that have gone under the bridge. I appreciate it that you are prepared to do it, though! I know you are serious. michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-82556677015722540462016-01-11T10:31:56.486+00:002016-01-11T10:31:56.486+00:00Ha, ha, ha!
No hands going up here, but is the...Ha, ha, ha! <br /><br />No hands going up here, but is there anyone in particular at the Borough of Southwark to whom we could write to request their definition of 'forthwith'? Case number?Lydia Sysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613876235125755967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-60968460999391569662016-01-10T18:59:04.538+00:002016-01-10T18:59:04.538+00:00I've noticed a similar thing with swear words....I've noticed a similar thing with swear words. What's generally regarded as the worst word to say / call someone? Yes, that's the one. But the masculine equivalent is 'a dick' which just means, 'a bit of an idiot'. See the difference in force. Contempt for the female is absolutely ingrained in the language.<br /><br />True story: My six year old asked me why Santa says bad words. What bad words, I asked. He replied, 'Ho, Ho, Ho.'<br />I wish I was making that up, but I'm not.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20196748792352386232016-01-10T15:37:45.770+00:002016-01-10T15:37:45.770+00:00Great blog and lovely pictures! To add to your lit...Great blog and lovely pictures! To add to your litany of derogatory comments about 'promiscuous ' women, Cyprian, bit of muslin, Paphian, Impure.. But as for men - skirt-chaser? Male nymphomaniac. H'mm. Clearly it is about men's insecurities about their children being (or not being) their own. If property was passed down matrilineally, as happens in some cultures, I wonder if there is more importance given to female monogamy then? Not very good English. sorry!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44124448653852379672016-01-10T14:36:11.438+00:002016-01-10T14:36:11.438+00:00You are right, Mike. I am guilty of a terminologic...You are right, Mike. I am guilty of a terminological inexactitude. I think it should be 'women who have sex with a lot of different men'.<br />And yes, these insults may have a subtext of discouraging cuckoldry. <br />Man whore? We still need a single dedicated word for this phenomenon, replete with disdain.michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-3878976876753094442016-01-10T11:33:34.541+00:002016-01-10T11:33:34.541+00:00It strikes me that these are not words for women w...It strikes me that these are not words for women who “have a lot of sex” – at the moment I actually cannot think of a word with that meaning though I’m sure there is one – but for women who have sex with a lot of men. Does it not reflect the my sex’s inordinate fear of becoming a cuckold and possibly raising another man's child? And since the same men who fear this will often not hesitate to cuckold their fellow men they naturally have to blame someone other than themselves and invent words to denigrate the women involved.<br /><br />As for men, words are definitely in short supply. I believe that romance writers are now using “man whore”, which conveys a nice feeling of disdain, though only by picking up on the connotations of “whore” and thus on male contempt for women. Whether this has yet made it out from between the covers of books is a question to which I do not know the answer.<br />Mike Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231537324248937676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-24371665979189698962016-01-10T10:17:49.218+00:002016-01-10T10:17:49.218+00:00What a wonderful alien that Jacana would make! Th...What a wonderful alien that Jacana would make! The look of her, I mean - Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-90273759159632645872016-01-10T08:09:46.347+00:002016-01-10T08:09:46.347+00:00Casanova was a fairly responsible lover, even usin...Casanova was a fairly responsible lover, even using contraception. And quite a modern one. He said that the pleasure he visibly conferred made up four fifths of his own. He also thought that women had more pleasure in sex as 'the feast takes place in their own house'. Moreover, they must really enjoy it, to put up with concomitant risks of childbirth ...<br /><br />People tend to mix him up with Don Giovanni, who was clearly a case of Narcissistic or Borderline Personality Disorder. Hurting women was half the pleasure for him. And the confusion is intensified because Casanova did have a hand in the libretto of the opera. But he was absolutely no Don Giovanni, and tried his hardest never to hurt a woman emotionally. He was never cold or cruel. Also, many of his former lovers were thrilled to meet him again in later life, which says a great deal. <br /><br />I love your idea of a sexual glossary from the point of view of a Northern Jacana, Sue. Could be at the very least a wonderful poem.michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-50617508296604016022016-01-10T02:54:15.978+00:002016-01-10T02:54:15.978+00:00Yes, I've always been frustrated by not being ...Yes, I've always been frustrated by not being able to find anything insulting enough to describe a man who misbehaves. I guess it goes with the culture, eh? Maybe if we were like Northern Jacanas the language might be different. The irony about Casanova is that from what I have read about him, he was a serial monogamist. He liked women, but tended to believe he was in love.<br /><br />That dictionary is an excellent resource, isn't it? I found it on Gutenberg.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com