Double-posting, I know, but I want this on the record.
Have an interesting linguistic tidbit taken from the Canterbury Tales. In the Miller's Tale, there is a clerk attempting to court a married woman, and he is....forward about it. So forward, in fact, that he reaches down and grabs her between the legs, declaring fervently, "If I do not have my will of you, sweetheart, I'm sure to die from suppressed love!" (This actually works, btw, because according to medieval authors, women ALWAYS want it.)
Now, the word used for girly-parts in Chaucer is "queynte". It has other meanings, like sly or clever, but it also means vagina.
It has all but died out of the English language. But guess what the one remaining word we have that is derived from it is?
Acquaintance.
That's right.
You will never see that word the same way again.
Now, the word used for girly-parts in Chaucer is "queynte". It has other meanings, like sly or clever, but it also means vagina.
It has all but died out of the English language. But guess what the one remaining word we have that is derived from it is?
Acquaintance.
That's right.
You will never see that word the same way again.