arm:leg =? penis:vagina

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Ronald Butters <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:
> Larry, I don't understand how this "supports" JL's argument. As I =
> understand his point, it is in part that it is extremely unlikely that =
> today anybody would decide to revise their previously masculine sense of =
> COCK to extend it to females as well (except for weird people who are =
> allegedly motivated by "postmodernism"). I don't disagree with that, but =
> it is irrelevant in that, so far as I know, nobody would support a =
> contrary position.
>

FWIW,

"get some _leg_"

absolutely =

"get some pussy"

in BE slang.

OTOH, the comparison of a penis to a baby's arm is, IME, strictly literary.

And also, FWIW, where necessary, I translate

_cock_

into

"dick" / "penis"

in the same way that I translate, e.g.

_yard_

into

"dick" / "penis"

where necessary.

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