tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post114592511982232704..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Pudendum, etcBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1146441821248511052006-04-30T17:03:00.000-07:002006-04-30T17:03:00.000-07:00That's a great point, Maria. Now I need to ask so...That's a great point, Maria. Now I need to ask some native Spanish speakers for some feedback.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1146405187398684662006-04-30T06:53:00.000-07:002006-04-30T06:53:00.000-07:00About "pudendum": While the main point of your pos...About "pudendum": While the main point of your post is still true, I don't think "shame" would be the right word - it sounds more strong than I think it is. I would say it's something between shame and embarrassment.<BR/><BR/>This comes not from my many conversations with Imperial Romans, but from the use of "pudor" in Spanish and Portuguese (and my inhability to find an appropriate translation into English).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1146101634853270682006-04-26T18:33:00.000-07:002006-04-26T18:33:00.000-07:00Delagar, I STILL love the OED, flawed as it is. A...Delagar, I STILL love the OED, flawed as it is. As I love the STC, Wing, and Charlton Hinman's edition of the fantasy first folio.<BR/><BR/>And I'm so glad I don't have to do that work!<BR/><BR/>But get your grant and I'll send in some GREAT slips of paper!<BR/><BR/>Hmm, Ianqui, do you think? I should think more about it!<BR/><BR/>Kermit, one of my friends last summer showed me a billboard with a euphemism for an erection that I'd never heard before. (It's for a "gentleman's club" and the euphemism? chubby. I'd just never heard it. Oh well!)<BR/><BR/>Dr. V. I'm with you on no honeypot. It's like there are too many women with problems to pretend that problems aren't also part of experience.<BR/><BR/>Ceresina, I still love the OED because without it, I'd never be able to work through many of the things I learn. Even flawed, it's an amazing achievement.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Dr. Crazy :)<BR/><BR/>La Lecturess, Thanks :) I actually remember a college dormmate telling me the sheath thing with great self-satisfaction. Ah, well, so much to learn!<BR/><BR/>History Geek! I agree! I just don't know how we go about reclaiming that power. Language is just so difficult and all, changing all the time, but not necessarily in positive directions against oppression.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, TBTAM, Virginia's way too weird for me, personally, both for the Elizabeth I connection, and because I have several relatives with the name. But there's a certain poetry to it, for sure!<BR/><BR/>Laura, that may be the trick: rather than changing the words, change our attitudes towards them?<BR/><BR/>Thanks, all :) I think if google knew what a pudendum is, I'd have a sex blog now... just as well!Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1146021777891421642006-04-25T20:22:00.000-07:002006-04-25T20:22:00.000-07:00Wow! Totally educated. And I'm sending this to Mr....Wow! Totally educated. And I'm sending this to Mr. Geeky cause we had a thing about pudenda when we were dating and it was definitely not said in a shameful way!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766222493968363248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1146012458633080952006-04-25T17:47:00.000-07:002006-04-25T17:47:00.000-07:00Great post!Actually, my sisters and I always calle...Great post!<BR/><BR/>Actually, my sisters and I always called our vagina our Virginia. (And yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus...)Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555722791007332247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1146002798962271622006-04-25T15:06:00.000-07:002006-04-25T15:06:00.000-07:00Great post. I agree that the words/definitions of ...Great post. I agree that the words/definitions of many of our body parts needs a major update/rewrite. <BR/><BR/>We need to reclaim the power of the written word when it comes to our bodies.History Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04253687974407447459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1145989853338711212006-04-25T11:30:00.000-07:002006-04-25T11:30:00.000-07:00THIS is an awesome post. In fact, one of my studen...THIS is an awesome post. In fact, one of my students was just saying something the other day about female genitalia and sheathes and I had no idea what she was talking about (she didn't seem sure, either--she was looking to me for confirmation that there was some connection, and all I could say was that it seemed like a potentially common metaphor). If only I had read this a week sooner!<BR/><BR/>But knowledge is power, right? Wherever & whenever.La Lecturesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892747650463978861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1145985734244515232006-04-25T10:22:00.000-07:002006-04-25T10:22:00.000-07:00This was a fantastic post, Bardiac! (Nothing real...This was a fantastic post, Bardiac! (Nothing really to contribute other than that, though I will respond to Dr. Virago that I'm also not a fan of honey pot.)Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1145975950707257422006-04-25T07:39:00.000-07:002006-04-25T07:39:00.000-07:00Okay, this isn't your point, but I love the OED to...Okay, this isn't your point, but I love the OED too. I love all the definitions & quotes & etymologies.<BR/>But maybe not so much anymore with the sexism...ceresinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236935216909790266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1145975694800553872006-04-25T07:34:00.000-07:002006-04-25T07:34:00.000-07:00Woah.Who knew?Thanks for this Bardiac -- I learned...Woah.<BR/><BR/>Who knew?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this Bardiac -- I learned so much!<BR/><BR/>I think there was an article in Ms., back in the day, about new words -- albeit slang -- for female sexual organs (as a group, generally). I think "honey pot" won out, but personally I find that too cutesy. In other words, if it had an "i" in it, it would be too often written with a circle for the dot.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1145974571616986732006-04-25T07:16:00.000-07:002006-04-25T07:16:00.000-07:00Hey, tremendous post! (Plus it takes me back to ch...Hey, tremendous post! <BR/>(Plus it takes me back to childhood, when I was watching that Steve Martin movie <I>Parenthood</I> with a couple of friends, and one of them asked "What's a boner?" Neither of us knew. [And the OED doesn't have it either, in fact.])kermitthefroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742856153167362749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1145973975844158202006-04-25T07:06:00.000-07:002006-04-25T07:06:00.000-07:00Quite the post, bardiac! You might have the beginn...Quite the post, bardiac! You might have the beginnings of a paper here, if it hasn't already been written.Ianquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268223727887685830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1145973313147815282006-04-25T06:55:00.000-07:002006-04-25T06:55:00.000-07:00Yay! I'm with you! I used to love that OED, but t...Yay! I'm with you! I used to love that OED, but the more I read it, the more I get annoyed with its editors. They're way too sexist, and way too Eurocentric, while we're on it.<BR/><BR/>If it weren't such a bear of a job, I would say we need an AED. Written (of course) by a mixed crown of women and men and folk of multicultural backgrounds.<BR/><BR/>Do you think we could get a grant?delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.com