Klarinet Archive - Posting 001391.txt from 1998/07

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] was RE rap music, etc....getting farther off topic, but
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 04:06:02 -0400

My real point is that it wasn't "lewd" then - except possibly in the
earlier sense of "earthy, vulgar". In Shakespeare's day, it would have
been the *analogy* which shocked, not the word.
There's not much in common between Shake and rap.
Roger S.

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Robin Black wrote:

> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 16:07:37 -0400
> From: Robin Black <BLACKR@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] was RE rap music, etc....getting farther off topic, but still a fun discussion
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> >>>"Tupping" would be perfectly normal farming talk - and still is in some
> places. This is what rams have *always* done....
> Roger Shilcock<<<
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> Yes, and "bitch" is a perfectly acceptable term in AKC circles, but its context colors the meaning, just as in this case. It was, and still is, considered lewd in the context of the play. I was simply using it as an example for those who think Shakespeare was above lewdity--the man was quite a rascal, and it shows in his writing through lewdity, gratuitous violence and other *fun* means of livening up those wonderful, brilliant plays.
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