Yep I guess we do. It's interesting how the meaning of words changes over time. I have a book about writing about medieval times titled "The Writer's guide to everyday life in the middle ages" (for fantasy writing) and among words it lists in a section on vocabulary are stew and coffyn. In modern terms they of course refer to a meat dish and funeral gear, but not so long ago a stew was a brothel and coffyn was the pastry round a pie. lol. quite a change in meanings.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I've just looked it up in the dictionary. The word "sod" as in "sod off" derives from an early 19th century abbreviation of "sodomite". So now we know!
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