"oral sex" amon g the Victorians + postil(l)ion
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Thu Jan 12 22:10:00 UTC 2006
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In a message dated 1/11/06 10:04:46 AM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">The nice thing about "venery"<BR>
is that it could also refer to terms specific to hunting; both<BR>
veneries come into Middle English from the same ultimate Latin source<BR>
along with "win", "venom", "venison", etc.<BR>
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This allowed Sir Thomas Wyatt in the 16th century to pun extensively in his sonnet that begins;<BR>
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Whoso list to hunt, I know where is a hind,<BR>
But as for me I can no more. <BR>
The vain travail has wearied me so sore,<BR>
I am of them that furthest come behind.<BR>
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Supposedly, the poem was written about his squashed love affair with the queen.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>
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