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MOST AMAZING SCHOLARLY ARTICLE EVER. (Hey, JSTOR, you know what would be useful? A function to copypaste the citation.)
'For non-linguistic reasons one does not find the anus mentioned in certain types of polite writing, such as epic.'1
ETA: The clitoris is a bearded nose (barbatus nasus)! Everything in here is GOLD.
1J. N. Adams, 'Culus, Clunes and Their Synonyms in Latin.' Glotta 59 (1981), pp. 231-264
Also posted at Dreamwidth.
'For non-linguistic reasons one does not find the anus mentioned in certain types of polite writing, such as epic.'1
ETA: The clitoris is a bearded nose (barbatus nasus)! Everything in here is GOLD.
1J. N. Adams, 'Culus, Clunes and Their Synonyms in Latin.' Glotta 59 (1981), pp. 231-264
Also posted at Dreamwidth.