mrwaverly

Hello, all you well adjusted party people. I am sure that if you have happened across any of the stuff that I have written across the site, you will have noticed that I am fond of using the word 'Cunt'. I know, that even now, there are some of you out there, wincing inwardly at it's appearance here. I understand that, in America, it is almost solely used as an insult, of the worst misogynist kind. However, in the UK, where I am now, sitting under some doubtful sunshine, there is no such gender distinction, although oddly, it's use here is primarily towards men. Usually prefixed with 'Fucking'; 'Useless'; 'Fat, Ugly', or 'Football Referee'. It is a very satisfying insult to use, as it's shock value has not diminished over the years. A mouthful of hard consonants, it is the only word that will do in the harshest conditions. It's impact is lessened when used by Americans, as they tend not to stress the final 't', so that it sounds like 'Cund'. Witness Scarlett Johansson, then aged 17, say it to Thora Birch, in the 2001 film 'Ghost World', after Birch's character Enid has visited the local sex shop, with the much older Seymour, [played by the always superb Steve Buscemi], and bought a rubber Batman gimp mask. 'Cund'. Now witness Alan Ford, as Brick Top, in 'Snatch', as he delivers a speech about 'Nemesis', which ends memorably with: "In this case, a 'orrible cunt - me." Hard 't' used, and it's threatening. I like using the word, and I know, and have known several girls and women who used it in preference to the anodyne 'pussy'. It was a common word in mediaeval times, and there was even a street in the City Of London, called 'Gropecunt Lane'. Who honestly, wouldn't like that as their postal address? The root of 'Cunt', is, Latin, the word 'Cuneus', meaning a wedge. Say what you see. In England, from about the 17th Century, the word 'Cunny' was used, often by the diarist Samuel Pepys. It is odd, that there is not such an offensive term for the male equivalent; they are all words that cause a smile: 'Dick'; 'Prick'; 'Schlong', and, if you will pardon the obvious pun, the hardest, in sound, but still funny, due to BBC 'Top Gear' presenter James May's use of the word as an expletive, prefixed usually by 'Oh', is 'Cock' [or Cark, if you say it in a porn film]. It is still a shock to hear 'Cunt' on every day media such as radio, and hearing the deadpan English comedian Arthur Smith say it twice in quick succession on BBC Radio 4 some months back, made me spit the mouthful of tea I had just drunk out in surprise. So, I like using it, and I do not mean offence when I do. It solely refers to a lady's undercarriage. Sorry.