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Pamela Peled
Did you know that the verb "to die" was Elizabethan slang for to have sex? It stemmed from the quaint French belief that every orgasm shortened your life by one minute.In Shakespeare's time the word "nothing" also had many connotations - the act of having sex, the female sexual organs, and the male ones. So the play "Much Ado about Nothing" now takes on a whole new meaning - and in fact the play does revolve around who is getting it off with whom, and whether women marry only to have affairs.Think of Hamlet's very flirtatious tone when he spies Ophelia. "Lady, may I lie in your lap?" he requests. As they are sitting in a crowded hall, waiting to watch a play, it is hardly the time for him to expect a quick tumble with his woman.She is duly shocked, or pretends to "No, my lord," she protests."I mean my head upon your lap," he explains, and she acquiesces. "Ay, my lord," she says, relieved."Did you think I meant country matters?" he persists, using the word "country" much as we do today - though we drop the second syllable. "I think nothing, my lord," she replies, demurely."That's a fair thought to lie between a maid's legs," he retorts."What is, my lord?" she asks, though she knows exactly what he means."Nothing," he replies - with great innuendo.Bawdy talk indeed from the heir to the Danish throne. Somewhat reminiscent of the time poor Prince Charles was caught on tape talking to Camilla on the phone, from Australia of all places. Princess Di was still alive then, and still his wife, and with him on an official trip. "Oh, Camilla," the unscrupulous journalist heard him say, "I wish I was a tampax and you were using me!"
112 pages, Paperback
First published December 4, 2005
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