On 5-5-2017 20:55, Stephen wrote:
> From my understanding Americans don't use the "C" word as a swear word.
> In the UK we do. But Shakespeare says it better than I do, in Twelfth
> Night (Act 2 Scene 5)
>
> MALVOLIO
> (picking up the letter) My goodness, this is my lady’s handwriting.
>
> These are her C’s, her U’s and her T’s, and that’s how she makes her big
> P’s. It’s definitely her handwriting, no doubt about it.
>
>
> Yes, you can get away with anything by blaming it on Shakespeare. ;-)
>

Great! I never noticed that! Twelfth Night was the very first 
Shakespeare I saw at the theatre in my youth and I remember clearly that 
very scene.  :-)

-- 
Thomas

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