On 5/6/2017 11:48 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 6-5-2017 11:23, Stephen wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> I was just too engrossed with the play to notice anything untoward, even
> if I had understood probably, so no, I didn't :-)
>
>

It probably was bowdlerised then. It is a visual joke you can't miss. It 
is rude pun.
It was fashionable to cut out the smutty or sad bits at one time. There 
is one version of Romeo and Juliet where at the end. They both wake up 
and live happily ever after.


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Regards
     Stephen

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