Puritan euphemisms

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> You're teasing us, right?  Try "The Sot-weed Factor ...", by Ebenezer
> Cooke (1667-ca. 1732).  Upon which Barth based his book.

A little. I was, indeed, initially surprised that Barth's book isn't
the first and only one by that title. But my wife knew about the
original and explained things to me *before* I posted.

Youneverknow.
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