Date: 2023-03-28 12:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cmcmck
5.Cicero must have hated the appearance of willies as graffiti all over ancient Rome and in the provinces- proof positive that the 'T' laden male teenager hasn't changed much over the centuries! :o)

Date: 2023-04-01 07:25 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] anef
I don't think Cicero was objecting to the penis as such - there was a Roman cult of the penis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascinus and if you look at finds from Pompeii penis lamps and door knockers were ubiquitous. He was just a language pedant.

Date: 2023-03-29 03:16 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] conuly
I'm taking your penis link, but just so you know, English is not a Frankenstein language, whatever that means. English is a Germanic language. It's true we have a large number of borrowings from Norman French and other languages, however, for most people most of the time the majority of the most common words they use are all straight-up Germanic. (And even if that weren't the case, English would still be a Germanic language. This sort of thing isn't determined simply by tallying up the origins of all the words.)

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