The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 9.1302 Wednesday, 16 December 1998.
[1] From: Carol Barton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 14 Dec 1998 09:47:46 EST
Subj: Re: SHK 9.1296 Re: Questions on R&J
[2] From: W. L. Godshalk <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 14 Dec 1998 10:25:10 -0500
Subj: Re: SHK 9.1296 Re: Questions on R&J
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From: Carol Barton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 14 Dec 1998 09:47:46 EST
Subject: 9.1296 Re: Questions on R&J
Comment: Re: SHK 9.1296 Re: Questions on R&J
Mercutio calls Tybalt (or is it the other way 'round?) King of Cats, the
latter word of which is a corruption of the Italian slang for penis.
Not surprisingly, my Italian dictionary doesn't give me the correct
spelling of the word "cazzo" (which, pronounced, sounds enough like
"gatto" to allow the sly "corruption").
Carol Barton
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From: W. L. Godshalk <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Monday, 14 Dec 1998 10:25:10 -0500
Subject: 9.1296 Re: Questions on R&J
Comment: Re: SHK 9.1296 Re: Questions on R&J
Gordon Williams, A Glossary of Shakespeare's Sexual Language, gives
several references for "cock" and speculates on the origin of the
identification of the penis with a cock.
Yours, Bill Godshalk
