On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Paul J. Stamler wrote:
> All that being the case, the appearance in English of the euphemism
> "dick" for something that strongly resembles an extended, pointing
figure...
Er, make that "finger". Sorry.
While we're on the subject, in the interest of gender symmetry, it should
be noted that the word for vagina is something resembling "puda" or
"puta" in most of these families as well. See "pudendum" and "salsa
puttanesca" for Indo-European examples.
Peace.
Paul
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