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These are a few of my favourite things

  Fri 13th April 2012

It's a sunny evening and a barbeque is smoking and I've got the girls and one of their friends, so must be quick. But just checked my email. She instantly leaps into first place.

Context: on her profile, she said she likes dictionaries; COED = Concise Oxford English Dictionary; asked her what her favourite word is. Said mine was "deodand".

Hi Cliff,

I'm not very good at acronyms, what on earth is a COED? My favourite word, well the English one at least, pardon my French... is Cunt.

Because a lot of people find it really really offensive, as if they were going to be struck by lightning or be put on display as Islam's enemy number one on the 9 o'clock Al Jazeera news. Love it. I'm ---, pleased to meet someone who makes an effort.

And she's French.

12 comments

Comment from: Lord Lurkin' [Visitor]

Cunt has had its edge blunted somewhat by over-use and is largely obsolete as an insult. [Remainder of comment edited out by looby, 10.32am]

Fri 13th April 2012 @ 20:57
Comment from: nursemyra [Visitor]

I had something to say and then I read Lord Lurkin’s comment and now I’m struck dumb

Sat 14th April 2012 @ 01:27

I was going to say you lucky bastard, but after reading Lod Lurkin’ I can only hope it was extremely bad constipation.

Sat 14th April 2012 @ 05:28
Comment from: [Member]

Oh dear, steady on LL. I can think of better images with which to begin a weekend.

The word “cunt” can’t be used as an insult anyway, because you’d be saying “You’re a beautiful part of a woman’s body and a source of endless pleasure.”

Sat 14th April 2012 @ 08:11
Comment from: [Member]

Actually LL I’m going to take an executive decision here and delete the latter part of that sentence. It’s rather unpleasant.

Sat 14th April 2012 @ 10:35
Comment from: furtheron [Visitor]

having a battle with my 16 year old daughter using it repeatedly to refer to a particular knobhead who really should be in her past now…

Sat 14th April 2012 @ 10:40
Comment from: [Member]

As Oscar Wilde advised, “Turn the other cheek. Nothing irritates your enemies more.”

Yesterday, my 13-y-o daughter Fiona said “There’s someone in our school with hair like that. He looks like a twat.”

Which stopped me in my tracks and provoked a sharp intake of breath. I told her that I do not want to hear that word from her mouth again. I don’t think she quite grasped its register, and probably thought she was saying something like “dick".

Do as I say and not as I do, etc.

Sat 14th April 2012 @ 10:55
Comment from: Lord Lurkin' [Visitor]

Mea maxima culpa. Lady Lurkin’ frequently needs to remind me that not everybody shares my vile sense of humour.

I have acted with all the grace and charm of a three day old globule of pig semen, encrusted onto the greasy, matted chin hairs of lonely country girl, and for this I can only apologise.

Sat 14th April 2012 @ 14:19
Comment from: isabelle [Visitor]

Blimey, I wish I’d read the comments sooner now to see what I’ve missed !

Oh and ooo-la-la too. Will you be meeting her?

Sat 14th April 2012 @ 14:50
Comment from: [Member]

That’s OK LL - I’ve said things of a similar quality in public. Thanks.

Isabelle - I am following up la francaise in the hope of a bit of entente cordiale.

Sat 14th April 2012 @ 16:00
Comment from: young at heart [Visitor]

yeah…….. are you sure ’she’ is all she says she is……… call me a cynical sceptic but something doesn’t sound quite right….so good luck out there!!

Mon 16th April 2012 @ 09:41
Comment from: [Member]

Don’t know really - you just have to take people at face value. Anyway, as later development have shown, it’s all theoretical.

Mon 16th April 2012 @ 10:03


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