LL-L "Lexicon" 2006.05.14 (05) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 14 May 2006 * Volume 05
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From: "Heather Rendall" <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject:  LL-L "Lexicon" 2006.05.12 (03) [E]

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
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Sandy wrote; >No, "Titty"'s short for Laetitia.<

But would the fact that there is a local ( sort of) word 'tittie' have made
the appellation acceptable.

I can still remember the 'shock horror' of reading the name under a
illustration while flicking through the book in a library, when I was about
9-10.

In Sussex it was a very rude word on a par with 'bum' - words to be
whispered in the school playground as a dare or as a great insult.

I rejected the book at the time as I felt I couldn't read it with that name
in it  ( and so missed out on a children's classic).

Having grown up and learnt to be more broadminded about words, it no longer
shocks..... but the memory is still there.

Heather

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