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Originally Posted by elena
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it appears that in English feminine genitalia ended up by becoming insults, while in Italian they mean "cool" and "beautiful"
sexist, but interesting  |
In English, the words for male genitalia are also insults .... so at least, in English, it's a non-sexist sort of insult system.
I read the article. I can see why the pulled the books for editing, but I disagree with how they edited it. I agree with what was noted before ... leave the text as is, and post a nice big warning on the front of the book.
If I were a parent (which I should most decidedly NEVER be) I would want to have my kids introduced to the fine art of swearing in the correct manner and give them the best ammo with which to fire back. (Nothing will confuse a 10 year old calling you a "twat" faster than hurling back some choice Shakespeare at them.)
And, I do recall all the nonsense the religious right spouted with respect to the "Harry Potter" books. I don't recall them going all nuts about "The Wizard of OZ" or any of the other great books that contain witches and wizards. But then, I tend to view the people who think like that as having braces on their brains.
