"oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion

[Chris Waigl]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:09:46 +0000, neil typed:

> As soon as I posted, I realized I'd hit the 'b' instead of 'the 'n',
> resulting in the acte veberien' instead of 'acte venerien'.
>
> Didn't think it warranted another post to correct what I assumed
> would be seen as an obvious typo!

I actually spent ten minutes with the dictionaries over the "acte
vébérien" ("he can't have meant vénérien, doesn't that refer only to
infections?").

Chris Waigl
who didn't dare to ask