Comments | the_antichris: lolol

the_antichris

lolol

Sep 17, 2011 11:51

MOST AMAZING SCHOLARLY ARTICLE EVER. (Hey, JSTOR, you know what would be useful? A function to copypaste the citation.)

'For non-linguistic reasons one does not find the anus mentioned in certain types of polite writing, such as epic.'1

ETA: The clitoris is a bearded nose (barbatus nasus)! Everything in here is GOLD.

1J. N. Adams, 'Culus, ( Read more... )

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malnpudl September 17 2011, 00:07:25 UTC

*gigglesnorts*

*is twelve*

Also: HI! HI THERE! HI! :-D

the_antichris September 17 2011, 00:15:49 UTC

HI MAL. :D

I cannot imagine why anuses were not considered an appropriate topic for epic.

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the_antichris September 17 2011, 02:07:31 UTC

OMG, really? Was he (she?) awesome? This article is awesome. The clitoris is a bearded nose!

meresy September 17 2011, 00:33:35 UTC

Okay, you need to report that one to the Annals of Improbable Research.

*snerk*

the_antichris September 17 2011, 02:13:35 UTC

It is important to know how to refer to Roman butts!

morebliss September 17 2011, 00:49:36 UTC

Ahahahaha, brilliant!

the_antichris September 17 2011, 02:14:01 UTC

Isn't it? I see a future research path.

carmarthen September 17 2011, 01:08:59 UTC

I think pretty much everything of J.N. Adams' that I've seen is the best ever.

the_antichris September 17 2011, 02:15:50 UTC

[She? He?] did one on the Bath curse tablets, right? This is my kind of philology.

carmarthen September 17 2011, 02:25:14 UTC

It wouldn't surprise me!

the_antichris September 17 2011, 02:29:48 UTC

I am also interested to learn that Homer talks about buttocks but Roman epic doesn't. And that Juvenal doesn't use the ruder synonyms.