in which angevin2 and commodorified (and Germaine Greer) engage in exegesis
on 1 Henry IV 1.3.174 (with an assist from Eric Partridge). Not coming soon to a variorum Shakespeare near you.
angevin2: today i came across the assertion that "rose" can be slang for a prostitute in elizabethan english. i have never heard this before and am not convinced
commodorified: I am suspicious
angevin2: but partridge does say that it's slang for the female genitalia sometimes
angevin2: which is more plausible
angevin2: of course, my first thought was of hotspur referring to richard ii as "that sweet lovely rose" and going "hey, does that mean he's calling him a cunt?"
commodorified: ...
commodorified: ...
angevin2: ("and plant this thorn, this canker bolingbroke")
commodorified: *mind reels*
commodorified: LEA!
angevin2: IT'S RIGHT THERE
commodorified: LEA!
commodorified: YOU ARE BAD
angevin2: I DON'T MAKE THE CRACK, I JUST DEAL THE CRACK
commodorified: I AM GOING FOR A CIGARETTE AND LEAVING YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID, YOUNG LADY
angevin2: *laughs and laughs*
commodorified: WOT HOTSPUR HELD IT FOR HIM?
commodorified: THIS EXPLAINS A LOT
angevin2: IT REALLY REALLY DOES
angevin2: we can chalk this up as just more evidence that the tetralogy is all about sexual anxiety ;)
(LJ-ify your IMs before pasting!)
angevin2: today i came across the assertion that "rose" can be slang for a prostitute in elizabethan english. i have never heard this before and am not convinced
commodorified: I am suspicious
angevin2: but partridge does say that it's slang for the female genitalia sometimes
angevin2: which is more plausible
angevin2: of course, my first thought was of hotspur referring to richard ii as "that sweet lovely rose" and going "hey, does that mean he's calling him a cunt?"
commodorified: ...
commodorified: ...
angevin2: ("and plant this thorn, this canker bolingbroke")
commodorified: *mind reels*
commodorified: LEA!
angevin2: IT'S RIGHT THERE
commodorified: LEA!
commodorified: YOU ARE BAD
angevin2: I DON'T MAKE THE CRACK, I JUST DEAL THE CRACK
commodorified: I AM GOING FOR A CIGARETTE AND LEAVING YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID, YOUNG LADY
angevin2: *laughs and laughs*
commodorified: WOT HOTSPUR HELD IT FOR HIM?
commodorified: THIS EXPLAINS A LOT
angevin2: IT REALLY REALLY DOES
angevin2: we can chalk this up as just more evidence that the tetralogy is all about sexual anxiety ;)
(LJ-ify your IMs before pasting!)