bodily

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:54 AM -0800 2/24/11, Brian Hitchcock wrote:
>A fine point, Victor, and seemingly disingenuous.  There seems little need
>to "derive" implications -- "I want your body" is no more ambiguous than "I
>want to jump your bones" or "Let's get it on!".  Seriously, what else might
>you think the writer of the song would want her body for -- Medical
>research, perhaps?  Especially considering the context of  the chorus --
>what part of F-U-C-K is ambiguous to you? (or didn't you bother to decode
>the chorus?)
>

Well, it's unclear whether the de-Morse-Coded reference is to
Fornication Under Consent of the King or to For Unlawful Carnal
Knowledge.

LH

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>Date:    Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:42:26 -0500
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>From:    Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at GMAIL.COM>
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>Subject: Re: Subject: bodily
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>Why would it not just mean "I want your body" (and whatever sexual
>
>implications one can derive from there)? Sure, the subtext is sexual,
>
>but does it really mean "carnally" here?
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