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Article #5115Re: Proof that 'Shakespeare' was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford
From: Peter Farey
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07
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"Peter Farey" wrote: > > <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote: >> >> elizabeth wrote: >> > >> > O was bawdy Elizabethan for orgasm. >> >> You have some evidence of this? It seems unlikely, given >> that OED does not record "orgasm" at all in English until >> some decades after Shakespeare's death, and then only in >> the sense of a violent spasm. > > You must understand that, being English, we refrained from > any such practice until someone like Bob Grumman invented > a word for it. Had we nevertheless shame-facedly contrived > to produce any such condition we would naturally have > referred to it onomatopoeically. Or, a tad more seriously, from the OED: O n3. 1. The figure or symbol zero, 0; nought; nought a. 1.c Morally wrong, immoral; (with reference to sexual behaviour) promiscuous. Obs. nought n. 3.b b. Wickedness, evil, moral wrong; (also) promiscuity, indecency. From Richard III (not in OED) GLOUCESTER We say that Shore's wife hath a pretty foot, A cherry lip, A bonny eye, a passing pleasing tongue, And that the Queen's kin are made gentlefolks. How say you, sir? Can you deny all this? BRACKENBURY With this, my lord, myself have naught to do. GLOUCESTER Naught to do with Mrs Shore? I tell thee, fellow: He that doth naught with her - excepting one - Were best to do it secretly alone. BRACKENBURY What one, my lord? GLOUCESTER Her husband, knave. Wouldst thou betray me? I think this may be what Elizabeth had in mind. Peter F. <peter.f@rey.prestel.co.uk> <http://www2.prestel.co.uk/rey/index.htm>
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X-Google-Thread: 275bb0c91e,e31868f142332de6 X-Google-Attributes: gid275bb0c91e,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!cyclone02.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe29.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail From: "Peter Farey" <peter.f@rey.prestel.co.uk> Newsgroups: sci.lang,humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare References: <f756c0f3-dccb-4b35-aa17-e97bd516cb2a@o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <66a2884f-2f2e-4eaf-8ab4-71b3048f5e6c@t23g2000yqt.googlegroups.com> <f057c04f-cd8f-48fc-a519-dd0ac6fb41b8@v20g2000yqv.googlegroups.com> <08Tin.150363$yV6.121541@newsfe27.ams2> <f21d72a1-c587-43cc-8768-82c3d34cc2b0@33g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <3ad22590-944a-401c-930c-e5588a619dc3@q21g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> <61046262-061d-4980-8460-fdeb52d485fa@t41g2000yqt.googlegroups.com> <50883379-fc6e-4a35-b479-162f1feece1d@f8g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> <084439b0-b7bb-4de7-a099-20ead8a82f41@q23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> <d1d16518-5e63-4913-983e-4d7f63a413c9@o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <cd9cdf50-2dbc-4944-9958-f7d004d700c9@j27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> <cd8a5033-88e1-4401-9616-9a23d56e747f@e1g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <203cb9cf-b485-46b8-9110-60b27cf95011@z10g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <57e17629-efda-43fb-8836-2b39f7c9d18c@k18g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <Wvrln.264601$yV6.113818@newsfe27.ams2> In-Reply-To: <Wvrln.264601$yV6.113818@newsfe27.ams2> Subject: Re: Proof that 'Shakespeare' was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford Lines: 58 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6001.18000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049 Message-ID: <vutln.212141$8t3.152714@newsfe29.ams2> NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.29.89.211 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe29.ams2 1268147227 86.29.89.211 (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:07 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:07 UTC Organization: Tesco Usenet Service Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:07:06 -0000