Often, penis.
Prick maybe. It's funny: that would never be my choice; but I have a
friend who uses it and on the rare occasions we get together I fall into
his argot - for some reason, philosophy, planning, entertainment, small
talk etc etc sooner or late turn into references to reproduction,
urination etc
Cock maybe. That's more other people - to me. I think I say penis if I am
originating the statement and there's no ribaldry or irony involved.
How boring.
I hadn't thought about it.
L
On Sun, May 15, 2011 10:51, andrew burke wrote:
> Just out of interest, what do young boys in USA, England and Canada call
> their penis? Or anywhere for that matter - but it needs to be
> sort-of-English. I ask for this strange research because a local YAL
> writer, Julia Lawrinson, has asked many Aussies about this and I have
> posted the results on my blog today - http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ She
> is writing another novel in a series and obviously needs the word for her
> work. (Besides, I think she only has a daughter and no son, so her
> research must happen beyond her immediate family.)
>
> I don't really know what age group - but it would be above toddler and
> before teenage.
>
> I can't help - My sons are too old and my grands sons are too young!
>
>
>
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at
> http://www.picaropress.com/
> http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766
> http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html
>
>
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