From C*nt to Connie

Steelhead sitka at teleport.com
Wed Jan 15 09:48:14 CST 1997


Ted observes, astutely:

>I've never heard the word c*nt used more often than with Brit ruggers
>after a scrum (our band was playing).... & I've played biker bars.

>"it's a brit thing...?"

Of course, it's a brit thing. Go read the Miller's Tale, again. Or
Shakespeare "look how she crosses her c's, u's and t's." All the way up to
Lawrence (why do you think Lady Chatterly is named "connie," eh?) and that
nasty boy Martin Amis, whose London Fields takes off where GR elipsesed
out, only with Nicola Six on top this time.

Steely





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