On 5/6/2017 8:02 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> 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.  :-)
>

It may have been bowdlerised. It often is.
When I first saw it. The letters of another slang word were used. I knew 
what the joke was by the audience reaction but could not understand it. 
Did you get the buttery-bar joke?

A Midsummer Night's Dream is the other one that is used to introduce 
Shakespeare to children.
That too has its questionable bits with the rude mechanicals.




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Regards
     Stephen

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