Filthy Shakespeare by Pauline Kiernan

Author:Pauline Kiernan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2010-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Hand. Prick. [Hand as a phallic

symbol, and also suggesting

‘holding’ as in holding the ‘hand’

in masturbation]

Fingers. Pricks.

Nails. Screws.

Arms. Cocks.

Elbow. Catherine confuses ‘elbow’

with ‘bilbow’, an old word for a

sword which puns on ‘knob’

or ‘prick’.

Nick/Neck. Vagina. [In Hamlet

3.4, the hero - repulsed by his

mother’s remarriage - taunts her

with the image of his stepfather

‘paddling in your neck with his

damned fingers’]

Chin. Penis. [The protruding part

of the jaw. A dictionary of the time

refers to the Latin name for chin,

mentum for ‘mentule - man’s yard or

penis’]

Foot. This would sound like foutre,

a French word meaning ‘to fuck’.

‘Foutra’ was used by the English for

the same meaning.

Cown. A French pronunciation of

‘gown’, sounding like ‘cunt’.

Excellent. Obscene, lewd. [From

the Latin excellere meaning ‘to rise

up’, ‘to surpass’, ‘to be eminent’;

often referring to the anus or

buttocks]

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