--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > (Side note: I wish to heck folks could bring themselves > > > > > to use the term "uterus" rather than the biblical- > > > > > sounding "womb" when they're speaking clinically. We > > > > > no longer shy away from "penis" and "vagina"; why should > > > > > "uterus" seem so threatening a term that we have to > > > > > substitute "womb"?) > > > > > > > > Er, don't like "dick" or "cunt," either? Blame the Normans. > > > > > > Uh...huh? > > > > > > When does anybody use "dick" or "cunt" in a clinical > > > context? > > > > That's my point, Judy. Those are no-no words to use in polite > > company including medical contexts, even though they are > > unambiguous and shorter to boot. > > "Dick" and "cunt" are vulgar slang (check the > dictionary; the word "cunt" is identified as > "usually obscene" and the word "dick" as "usually > vulgar").
Because of the influence on Anglish of Norman invaders, who considered original Anglo-Saxon to be vulgar. > > "Uterus" is perfectly respectable clinical term, > like "intestines" or "urinary tract" or "prostate" > or "ovaries" or "vagina" or "penis." Clinicians > and reporters have no problem using those terms, > and most laypeople know what they mean and have no > objection to them either. > > Yet they get all squeamish suddenly when it comes > to "uterus." Makes no sense. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
