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Old 02-04-2009, 08:23 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
"Puella" is what most people were taught in school was the Latin word for "girl", but actually "Virgo" was the word normally used in classical Latin. The Victorians didn't like that word because of its sexual connotations, and so preferred the much rarer word "Puella", which is a feminine form of the standard word for "boy" - "Puer".
Are you sure? I translated a few classical texts and I don't recall ever seeing that word.
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