"And Where is the Answer...?"

[psalm_onethirtyone]

I made a pun in Latin to-day.

And Waen guessed the answer.

I haven't decided yet quite how sad this actually is.

(Skipped dance again to-night because am too exhausted. going to bed now.)

Comments

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Everything that shouldn't be in Latin is a feminine noun. "Cock" is feminine. So is "erection".

But "womb" is masculine. What.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

...Oh, good God. For realio? Latin, I love you. XD

[anima-mecanique.livejournal.com]

Yes. For real.

"Verpa" is 'erection', 'uterus' is 'womb', and 'mentula' is 'cock' (it's an obscenity).

I'll always remember 'mentula' is feminine, because back a few semesters I ran across the bit where Catullus calls one of Caesar's henchmen a 'defutata mentula', and it took me forever to figure out what 'defutata' went with because I couldn't see how 'mentula' could POSSIBLY be feminine.

But it is.

That nickname stuck, by the way, and Catullus just calls him "The Cock" for the rest of his work. As in one of my favorite opening lines EVER: "Mentula moechatur. Moechatur mentula? Certe!"

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

...For goodness sake. XD That's just--hi, Latin, ridiculous.

--Ouch. *snickers*