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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007"Penis" revisited
Soon after I posted a link to a list of several synonyms of "penis" today, ( http://namingschemes.com/Penis_Synonyms ), I happened to see yet another word for it in the current issue of _The Week_ (page 8). It's in a discussion of Matt Fox, a television star in a show called "Lost". He is quoted as saying And no, I don't take my clothes off all the time because I think I have a huge unit and want to show it off. I do it because it's fricking funny! I gather his name for "love muscle" is "unit". "Unit" seems like a strange word for it, but a few score years ago I heard the penis called a digit, which can be considered to be in the same vein. It was in a definition of a small, aroused Eskimo: A frigid little midget With a rigid little digit. On a hunch, I've now Googled on "frigid midget" "rigid digit" and come up with 269 hits, so it seems the thing is still amusing some people after all these years. But I get no hits on "frigid little midget" "rigid little digit" so I assume the word "little" satisfied someone's long-ago desire for rhythmic prosody, and that need is no longer widely felt. In alt.usage.english, Bob Cunningham wrote: [...] >"Unit" seems like a strange word for it, but a few score >years ago I heard the penis called a digit, which can be [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >desire for rhythmic prosody, and that need is no longer >widely felt. It's not that. It's global warming.  SignatureVloyd > Soon after I posted a link to a list of several synonyms of > "penis" today, (http://namingschemes.com/Penis_Synonyms), [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I gather his name for "love muscle" is "unit". I don't believe "unit" is a synonym. In the given context, it could easily be replaced with "thing", a word that can be a "snonym" for everything. > Soon after I posted a link to a list of several synonyms of > "penis" today, ( http://namingschemes.com/Penis_Synonyms ), [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I gather his name for "love muscle" is "unit". Interestingly, I had never, until this post, made the connection between a certain baseball pitcher (whose nickname is Big Unit) and this particular euphemism, though it makes perfect sense now. The pitcher is 6'10", so he is quite big. More pertinent to this thread, his name is Randy Johnson. Signaturerzed > > Soon after I posted a link to a list of several synonyms of > > "penis" today, ( http://namingschemes.com/Penis_Synonyms ), [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > pitcher is 6'10", so he is quite big. More pertinent to this thread, > his name is Randy Johnson. Was I absent when the rule against looking things up was adopted? I've known of the usage for years, and I'm an old fart drawing Social Security. I googled <unit penis>, and the first page it offered was >http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=unit>, which covers the necessary ground quite nicely. There's even an <enlargeyourunit.com>. If those aren't enough, google for yourself and discover lots more. SignatureBob Lieblich Afraid to essay a sig line after that post rzed filted: >Interestingly, I had never, until this post, made the connection >between a certain baseball pitcher (whose nickname is Big Unit) and >this particular euphemism, though it makes perfect sense now. The >pitcher is 6'10", so he is quite big. More pertinent to this thread, >his name is Randy Johnson. And one of the women on the KTVK morning show mixed up his real name with his nickname, calling him "The Big Johnson".... These morning news people are fun sometimes....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" >> Soon after I posted a link to a list of several synonyms of >> "penis" today, ( http://namingschemes.com/Penis_Synonyms ), [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >pitcher is 6'10", so he is quite big. More pertinent to this thread, >his name is Randy Johnson. In Australia, you can call someone a "big unit" without implying anything about their one-eyed-trouser-snake. SignatureRichard Bollard Canberra Australia To email, I'm at AMT not spAMT. >I gather his name for "love muscle" is "unit". > >"Unit" seems like a strange word for it, but a few score >years ago I heard the penis called a digit, which can be >considered to be in the same vein. It was in a definition >of a small, aroused Eskimo: ANYthing can be called a unit. Like an electric locomotive. Going into a tunnel. SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk Hi. Out of academic interest, could someone make a list of all words, slang or other, that are/have been used to refer to the penis? I'd also appreciate a list of all words for female genitalia. Are there any slang words at all for the clitoris? Thanks in advance. > Hi. Out of academic interest, could someone make a list of all words, > slang or other, that are/have been used to refer to the penis? I'd > also appreciate a list of all words for female genitalia. Are there > any slang words at all for the clitoris? Thanks in advance. Read the book "The Sot-Weed Factor" by John Barth. As I recall it, it goes on for several pages with a long list of names for the genitalia. (I can't remember whether they were male or female genitalia.) I see that Amazon has it, and it's probably in quite a few libraries too. It's a pretty good book, actually. Except for that long list, which doesn't take long to become boring. I have a vague feeling that "Fanny", by Erica Jong, also has such a list. Erica Jong is the author of eight novels, of which the first is worth reading. SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. >> Hi. Out of academic interest, could someone make a list of all words, >> slang or other, that are/have been used to refer to the penis? I'd [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > (I can't remember whether they were male or female genitalia.) I see > that Amazon has it, and it's probably in quite a few libraries too. Strangely, I only recall the female genitalia in that list. My (sometimes very faulty) memory tells me it was two women in a rousing argument, so one can imagine that the names are pejorative. An astoundingly comprehensive list, 'tis true, but not limited to the clitoris. > It's a pretty good book, actually. Except for that long list, which > doesn't take long to become boring. > > I have a vague feeling that "Fanny", by Erica Jong, also has such a > list. Erica Jong is the author of eight novels, of which the first is > worth reading. >>> Hi. Out of academic interest, could someone make a list of all >>> words, [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > pejorative. An astoundingly comprehensive list, 'tis true, but > not limited to the clitoris. As *I* remember it (third version, so far), it was two women, one speaking French, calling each other whores synonymously. I don't remember that the terms were limited to genital references, but maybe that's because of my deficient French. Signaturerzed > argument, so one can imagine that the names are pejorative. > An astoundingly comprehensive list, 'tis true, but not limited to the > clitoris. I didn't even know there were alternative words for the clitoris - well, maybe "button", but it's not common. Don't forget that men (and some women) only discovered this organ quite recently. SignatureRob Bannister >> argument, so one can imagine that the names are pejorative. >> An astoundingly comprehensive list, 'tis true, but not limited to the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >maybe "button", but it's not common. Don't forget that men (and some >women) only discovered this organ quite recently. I thought it was "twat". SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk The Steve Hayes entity posted thusly: >>> argument, so one can imagine that the names are pejorative. >>> An astoundingly comprehensive list, 'tis true, but not limited to the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >I thought it was "twat". Don't think so. In my dialect, that refers to the whole thing (and the hole thing, too). For the clitoris, I.ve heard "clit", "joy button", and "little man in the canoe". >>>argument, so one can imagine that the names are pejorative. >>>An astoundingly comprehensive list, 'tis true, but not limited to the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I thought it was "twat". I'm with Oleg. Twat means vulva. I hadn't counted "clit" as a slang word, and I must admit I had never heard these "man in a canoe/boat" expressions. SignatureRob Bannister >> argument, so one can imagine that the names are pejorative. >> An astoundingly comprehensive list, 'tis true, but not limited to the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >maybe "button", but it's not common. Don't forget that men (and some >women) only discovered this organ quite recently. "Little man in the boat". SignatureRichard Bollard Canberra Australia To email, I'm at AMT not spAMT. > Hi. Out of academic interest, could someone make a list of all words, > slang or other, that are/have been used to refer to the penis? I'd > also appreciate a list of all words for female genitalia. Are there > any slang words at all for the clitoris? Thanks in advance. 'Little-boy-in-a-boat". Stupot >Hi. Out of academic interest, could someone make a list of all words, >slang or other, that are/have been used to refer to the penis? I'd >also appreciate a list of all words for female genitalia. Are there >any slang words at all for the clitoris? Thanks in advance. One of the two "NOT!" calendars (spoof page-a-day calendars associated with the Not The Nine O'Clock News TV show of the 80s) includes an excerpt from Roget's Thesaurus for a couple of words starting with "pe", each with a handful of synonyms, then it hits "penis" and runs on for the rest of the page with closely packed slang words, ending "continued..." SignatureOn-line canal route planner: http://www.canalplan.org.uk (Waterways World site of the month, April 2001) My Reply-To address *is* valid, though likely to die soon Nick Atty filted: >>Hi. Out of academic interest, could someone make a list of all words, >>slang or other, that are/have been used to refer to the penis? I'd [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >the rest of the page with closely packed slang words, ending >"continued..." Many years ago I saw a cartoon depicting a nude man and woman with a caption explaining that the figures had been distorted to show each body-part in proportion to the number of slang terms for it...the heads, facial features and feet were huge compared to say, the elbows, and of course the woman's breasts were truly enormous...the first thing you noticed about the picture, however, was that the man's penis extended to the ground and then trailed along it for several yards....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" > Hi. Out of academic interest, could someone make a list of all words, > slang or other, that are/have been used to refer to the penis? I'd > also appreciate a list of all words for female genitalia. Are there > any slang words at all for the clitoris? Thanks in advance. It would probably make for a shorter book to list those nouns that have never been used for penis or vulva. Add buttocks, testicles and breasts, and you'd have a book of reasonable size. A South American once told me that almost every Spanish word used in Spain has a dirty meaning in at least one S. American country. SignatureRob Bannister > > Hi. Out of academic interest, could someone make a list of all words, > > slang or other, that are/have been used to refer to the penis? I'd [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > A South American once told me that almost every Spanish word used in > Spain has a dirty meaning in at least one S. American country. 'Coger' is a good example. In polite society it means things like to take, to grasp, to catch, or to seize. In impolite society in South America it means to f.ck. It's even in a dictionary at http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=coger the seventh of seven definitions: # 7 <i>LAm vulgar</i> to f.ck It seems a little strange that 'coger' would have come to have that meaning when there's the word 'joder' that has the basic meaning to f.ck and seems as easy to say as 'coger.' Of course, there are English words that have off-color meanings in one country but are quite innocent in others. For example, we have pom-pom with various unsullied meanings, but when I was in Manila shortly after World War II, my shipmates told me all they had to do was get into a rickshaw and say 'pom-pom girl,' or just 'pom-pom,' and they would be taken to a house of prostitution forthwith. > >I gather his name for "love muscle" is "unit". > >"Unit" seems like a strange word for it, but a few score > >years ago I heard the penis called a digit, which can be > >considered to be in the same vein. It was in a definition > >of a small, aroused Eskimo: > ANYthing can be called a unit. Not really. Anything can be called an entity, at least anything that "has a real existence" according to one dictionary. Lots of things wouldn't normally be called a unit. In alt.usage.english, Bob Cunningham wrote: >Soon after I posted a link to a list of several synonyms of >"penis" today, ( http://namingschemes.com/Penis_Synonyms ), >I happened to see yet another word for it in the current >issue of _The Week_ (page 8). Page 12 of the British edition of _The Week_ has an altogether more disturbing penis story. A surgeon performing groin surgery accidentally severed the patient's urethra. Furious with himself, he sliced off the patient's unit, chopped it into three pieces and stormed out. "He later described it as a temporary loss of judgement caused by personal problems." SignatureV "If a student of mine were to hand in this report as a Masters thesis, perhaps if I were in a good mood I would give him a 'D' for diligence; but more likely I would give him an 'F' for fail." - Prof Richard Tol on the Stern Review [...] Here's something I just got in email... Riddle for the day Arnold Schwarzenegger has a long one. Michael J. Fox has a small one Madonna doesn't have one. The Pope has one but doesn't use it. Clinton uses his all the time. Bush is one. Mickey Mouse has an unusual one. Liberace never used his on women. Jerry Seinfeld is very, very proud of his. Cher claims that she took on three. We never saw Lucy use Desi's. What is it? Answer below... * * * * * * * * The answer is: "A Last Name." Note that this fits two current threads. Okay: Sorry. SignatureMaria http://www.familyhomefront.net/ AUE: http://www.familyhomefront.net/BirthdaysEtcAUE.html OR: http://tinyurl.com/j4j8n There's only one 'n' in my email address, and it's not in my first name. (The email address I use in this newsgroup is munged.) > Bob Cunningham wrote: > [...] [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Okay: Sorry. An apology isn't good enough to make up for posting this trash. Don't your friends have anything worthwhile to do all day? SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "It has come to my attention that my opinions are not universally shared." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 23 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> Bob Cunningham wrote: >> [...] [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > An apology isn't good enough to make up for posting this trash. Don't > your friends have anything worthwhile to do all day? You are hereby nominated for the (new) job of Post Judge. The PJ will be the person who passes judgment on all contributions to aue. If you get the job, don't hang back and be shy about speaking your mind. Give verbal slaps to everyone who doesn't meet your standards. (You can either ignore the ones who do, or praise them. Your call.) Have fun. SignatureMaria There's only one 'n' in my email address, and it's not in my first name. (The email address I use in this newsgroup is munged.) "Maria" <marian.c-b@sbcglobal.net> wrote [...] > You are hereby nominated for the (new) job of Post Judge. The PJ > will be the person who passes judgment on all contributions to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > standards. (You can either ignore the ones who do, or praise them. > Your call.) I already do this when it suits my mood. > Have fun. I always do. Except, of course, when I don't. But you probably knew that already anyway. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "It has come to my attention that my opinions are not universally shared." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 23 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > > Bob Cunningham wrote: > > [...] [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > An apology isn't good enough to make up for posting this trash. Don't > your friends have anything worthwhile to do all day? I disagree with your assessment of Maria's posting. I thought it was clever and entertaining. Thanks to Maria for adding a bit of cheer to my day. > cybercypher <dontbother@easypeasy.com> said: [..] >> An apology isn't good enough to make up for posting this trash. >> Don't your friends have anything worthwhile to do all day? > > I disagree with your assessment of Maria's posting. I > thought it was clever and entertaining. Thanks to Maria for > adding a bit of cheer to my day. Whatever tickles your amusement buttons, Bob. I was expressing my own opinion, not that of the RRs, for whom I am not authorized to speak. As soon as the contrast between Arnie and MJ Fox was introduced, however, the answer was too obvious to allow me to call the pseudoconundrum clever, and when the line "Bush is one" popped up, the entire exercise ceased to even remotely resemble anything entertaining -- for me, that is. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "It has come to my attention that my opinions are not universally shared." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 23 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> cybercypher <dontbother@easypeasy.com> said: > [..] [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > entire exercise ceased to even remotely resemble anything entertaining > -- for me, that is. I knew the answer to the riddle as I was reading it, but I still have figured out how the Bush line fits in. George Bush is a bush ?????? Oh, now I get it. I must have been thinking too hard. Stupot > cybercypher wrote: >>> cybercypher <dontbother@easypeasy.com> said: [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Oh, now I get it. I must have been thinking too hard. Well, I have to admit that you thought a lot harder about it than I did. I didn't get far enough to arrive at "Bush is a prick/dick/dickhead", but I agree that this what it must have meant strictly in context, of course. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "It has come to my attention that my opinions are not universally shared." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 23 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > >> cybercypher <dontbother@easypeasy.com> said: > > [..] [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Oh, now I get it. I must have been thinking too hard. In a more demanding English usage environment, it wouldn't work. Bush is not one; "Bush" is one. Or <i>Bush</i> is one. But such proper treatment of the word itself as opposed to the word as what it means would give the riddle away too soon. A few years ago, somebody here -- I think it may have been Evan Kirshenbaum -- had a nifty name for the word itself as opposed to what the word means. I wish I could remember what it was. > In a more demanding English usage environment, it wouldn't work. > Bush is not one; "Bush" is one. Or <i>Bush</i> is one. But such [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Kirshenbaum -- had a nifty name for the word itself as opposed to > what the word means. I wish I could remember what it was. Possibly "reference", although I think linguists talk about "the use/mention distinction". In any case, the tune is my own invention. SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. > > In a more demanding English usage environment, it wouldn't work. > > Bush is not one; "Bush" is one. Or <i>Bush</i> is one. But such [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Possibly "reference", although I think linguists talk about "the > use/mention distinction". That sounds good. I suppose I could write "such proper treatment of mentioning, not using, the word would give the riddle away," or "such proper treatment of mention of the word would give the riddle away." Or maybe "such proper treatment of word-mention would give the riddle away." How would you apply the use/mention distinction in an example sentence? > In any case, the tune is my own invention. Sorry, you lost me there. What tune is your own invention? > > In any case, the tune is my own invention. > > Sorry, you lost me there. What tune is your own invention? [The White Knight says]: "The name of the song is called 'Haddocks' Eyes.'" "Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?" Alice said, trying to feel interested. "No, you don't understand," the Knight said, looking a little vexed. "That's what the name is /called/. The name really is 'The Aged, Aged Man.'" "Then I ought to have said, 'That's what the /song/ is called'? Alice corrected herself. "No, you oughtn't; that's quite another thing! The /song/ is called 'Ways and Means'; but that's only what it's /called/,' you know!" "Well, what /is/ the song, then?" said Alice, who was by this time completely bewildered. "I was coming to that," the Knight said. "The song really /is/ 'A-sitting on a Gate'; and the tune's my own invention." --- _Through The Looking Glass_ Chapter VIII. Joseph B. Lowe filted: >How would you apply the use/mention distinction in an >example sentence? > >> In any case, the tune is my own invention. > >Sorry, you lost me there. What tune is your own invention? "Haddocks' Eyes", "Ways And Means", "A-sitting On A Gate", "The Aged, Aged Man"...you name it; he invented them all....r Signature"You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!" "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!" [ ... ] > > A few years ago, somebody here -- I think it may have been Evan > > Kirshenbaum -- had a nifty name for the word itself as opposed to > > what the word means. I wish I could remember what it was. > > Possibly "reference", although I think linguists talk about "the > use/mention distinction". In any case, the tune is my own invention. "'But the tune ISN'T his own invention,' [Alice] said to herself: 'it's "I GIVE THEE ALL, I CAN NO MORE."'" And Alice should know. And you can get anything you want at her restaurant And she doesn't live her anymore. And Bud Trillin just wrote a short book about her. SignatureBob Lieblich That Alice -- she do get around On 29 Jan 2007, Robert Lieblich wrote > [ ... ] > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > And she doesn't live her anymore. > And Bud Trillin just wrote a short book about her. Was he the one who lived next door to her for 24 years? SignatureCheers, Harvey Canadian and British English, indiscriminately mixed For e-mail, change harvey.news to harvey.van > On 29 Jan 2007, Robert Lieblich wrote >> "'But the tune ISN'T his own invention,' [Alice] said to >> herself: 'it's "I GIVE THEE ALL, I CAN NO MORE."'" >> >> And Alice should know. >> And you can get anything you want at her restaurant Excepting Alice. >> And she doesn't live her anymore. >> And Bud Trillin just wrote a short book about her. > > Was he the one who lived next door to her for 24 years? Twenty-four years waiting for the chance To tell her that I love her Maybe get into her^A^A^Afind a new romance SignaturePeter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses. The domain eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses. The optusnet address could disappear at any time. >> On 29 Jan 2007, Robert Lieblich wrote > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >To tell her that I love her >Maybe get into her^A^A^Afind a new romance (all, fortissimo) Alice? Who the f.ck is Alice? SignatureRichard Bollard Canberra Australia To email, I'm at AMT not spAMT. richardb@spamt.edu.au had it: > >> On 29 Jan 2007, Robert Lieblich wrote > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Alice? Who the f.ck is Alice? I hope you all know that the real name of Roy "Chubby" Brown is "Royston Vasey", which is where the League of Gentlemen got the name for their awful town. RCB himself appeared in the programmes as the town mayor. SignatureDavid ===== > >> On 29 Jan 2007, Robert Lieblich wrote > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Alice? Who the f.ck is Alice? Nobody springs to mind. She's probably on her tod somewhere. SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> Peter Moylan wrote: >>>>> "'But the tune ISN'T his own invention,' [Alice] said to >>>>> herself: 'it's "I GIVE THEE ALL, I CAN NO MORE."'" [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Nobody springs to mind. She's probably on her tod somewhere. http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/alices.shtml SignatureSkitt (in Hayward, California) http://www.geocities.com/opus731/ [...] > >> Alice? Who the f.ck is Alice? > > > > Nobody springs to mind. She's probably on her tod somewhere. > > http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/alices.shtml It helps if you're Australian, Alec. http://www.henleyontodd.com.au/ You may choose to read "iconic" as "ironic". The town is generally spoken without her second element, and you can have AUE points for prefixing "the" (unless I'm out of date). SignatureMike. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >Alice? Who the f.ck is Alice? Alice B. Toklas, of course. SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk >>> On 29 Jan 2007, Robert Lieblich wrote >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Alice? Who the f.ck is Alice? All the young girls love Alice Tender young Alice they say Come over and see me Come over and please me Alice it's my turn today All the young girls love Alice Tender young Alice they say If I give you my number Will you promise to call me Wait till my husband's away "All the Girls Love Alice" Elton John/Bernie Taupin SignatureRobin Bignall Herts, England Bob Cunningham wrote, to "cybercypher: > I disagree with your assessment of Maria's posting. I > thought it was clever and entertaining. Thanks to Maria for > adding a bit of cheer to my day. Thanks for saying that, and I hope I can add some cheer again in the future. SignatureMaria > Bob Cunningham wrote, to "cybercypher: >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks for saying that, and I hope I can add some cheer again in the > future. If Bob appreciated that bit of drivel, then all you have to do is post more drivel to reach that apparently unchallenging goal. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "It has come to my attention that my opinions are not universally shared." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 23 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >> Bob Cunningham wrote, to "cybercypher: >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >If Bob appreciated that bit of drivel, then all you have to do is post >more drivel to reach that apparently unchallenging goal. Saucer of milk to Taiwan. SignatureRichard Bollard Canberra Australia To email, I'm at AMT not spAMT. > Soon after I posted a link to a list of several synonyms of > "penis" today, ( http://namingschemes.com/Penis_Synonyms ), [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > "Unit" seems like a strange word for it.... ------------ Not to me. I've used the same term for both male and female parts, and I know I didn't invent it. DianeE |
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