It went on dredging up many old and new, rude and crude words, names and phrases. Many of them referred to body parts and body functions. It was all very educational and I was familiar with one or two of the terms. I did have an ever-so-slightly queasy feeling at the end of it, but felt I should reply to Pieter's generous sharing of the information.
I sent him the following haiku, and directed him especially to an acronymical riddle in the third line. You, dear reader, are invited to solve the riddle also. And for those of you who need the benefit of academic research to solve the riddle, I direct you to http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A753527 .
Scatolinguistics
Sometimes takes my breath away
Swearing has its tangs
Please comment, if you wish.
BtheB
1 comment:
I meant to tell you that I read recently some quote from a haiku master saying that 3 haikus makes you a student - having written 10 makes you a master. Don't expect me to call you that though.
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