ANST - Merkin?

[SCOTT A WAGGONER]

  this is not directed to anybody in particular

i suppose this, too, will be a subject that will be on the airwaves for
the next week

surely someone out there will be offended by this topic, and the mail
will
come in by the truckloads, once again.

Timo's list wasn't as bad as this

My feelings?  Why would anyone invent or need such a thing and
 who would see it in the dark.?
Besides, if that is what attracts the opposite sex, they are looking in
the wrong place.
That is all
RAVEN


On Wed, 15 Apr 1998 15:25:51 -0600 amazing at mail.utexas.edu (Dennis Grace)
writes:
>Salut Cozyns,
>
>Pug responded to my:
>>>> >Okay, recently we found out what a merkin is. I'd like to know 
>*why*.
>>>> >Anyone know? Gio? (Since you seemed to know the most about them.)
>>>> That depends.  What do you mean by "why?"  Do you mean "why do we 
>have a
>>>> heraldic term for the female pubic patch?" or just "why is it 
>called that?"
>
>with
>
>>>That's odd. The dictionary we checked had it listed as a wig for the
>>>female pubic area.
>
>And Jerry responds:
>
>>Webster's Dictionary has that as the original meaning, but 
>"afterwards"
>>merkin is defined as the mop used to clean a cannon.
>
>Webster's is woefully inadequate to the task of etymological research. 
> The
>use of *merkin* to describe a pubic wig doesn't appear until the 17th
>century.  The use of merkin to describe the female pudendum appears
>slightly earlier (1535, according to the OED).  Heraldically, I 
>believe the
>term post-dates the SCA 1600 cutoff date.
>
>Now, if Pug was asking why 17th century needed a pubic wig, I have no 
>idea.
>Of course, I don't understand why everybody seems to need those Nike
>swooshes on every article of clothing.
>
>lo vostre por vos servir
>Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace
>
>Dennis G. Grace
>PostModern Medievalist
>Assistant Instructor
>Division of Rhetoric and Composition
>University of Texas
>
>Micel yfel deth se unwritere
>                                        --Aelfric of York (a really 
>fun guy)
>
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