[Ads-l] venery, was: Re: Kettling

[Jonathan Lighter]

The subtitle of the book is "The Venereal Game."

We discussed some of its contents back in '09.

JL

On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 4:56 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> I can imagine the PETA T-shirt:  HUNTING IS A VENEREAL DISEASE.  It would
> take some explaining.
>
> LH
>
>
> > On Jun 8, 2020, at 4:52 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at MST.EDU>
> wrote:
> >
> > About twenty years ago a student in my class was interested
> >
> > in terms of venery (a gaggle of geese, a pride of lions, etc.)
> >
> > and ordered a book on the subject via interlibrary loan.  It was
> >
> > titled _An Exaltation of Larks_, and the phrase terms of venery
> >
> > was included in the subtitle or blurb.
> >
> > I was a bit surprised to see that the book came from a medical-school
> >
> > library but soon realized what must have happened:
> >
> > A university librarian must have seen venery and without looking
> >
> > any further made the mental connection with venereal disease. Hence:
> >
> > medical.
> >
> >
> > Gerald Cohen
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of W
> Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM>
> > Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 2:55 PM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Kettling
> >
> >
> > LH:  << Oh, *that* kind of venery.  Nevermind (to quote Emily Litella).
> >>
> > WB:  Mais, bien sur! As in Latin v=C4=93n=C4=81r=C4=AB 'to hunt'
> (bagging v=
> > enison e.g.);
> > folk-etymologized as from v=C4=95nus, v=C4=95n=C4=95ris f. 'charm,
> loveline=
> > ss; love';
> > Greshamly degenerating into V=C4=95nus on the Half-Shell (Kilgore Trout
> > {Farmer/Vonnegut}), vel UrbanDic sim.
> >
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