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Thread #88554   Message #1662632
Posted By: Bob Bolton
05-Feb-06 - 11:58 PM
Thread Name: Double entendre or language shift?
Subject: RE: Double entendre or language shift?
G'day again,

Artbrooks: Interesting that the 1905 Eng(lish?). Dial(ect?). Dict(ionary). Suppl. 178/2 has: "Willy, the male organ; a slang name for a child's penis" ... yet citations in the sort of things lexicographers read don't appear until 1972! Anyway, this does support the usage on "Saucy Seaside Postcards" ... at least as far back as I surmised.

I think our GUEST: Vielleuse can safely take it that there is no obvious "intentional double entendre" in the song quoted ... and will have to decide how much sense the audience may be accorded.

Regards,

Bob