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in Italy we say "you're cutting off your dick to do your wife wrong"
by walterstucco 9y ago
in Italy we say "you're cutting off your dick to do your wife wrong"
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- throwanem 9y agoI like it. I bet that's where the American "cut off your nose to spite your face" comes from, too - in a country that says "tidbit" instead of "titbit" and "bunny" instead of "coney", I don't think it's too hard to suspect the same Bowdleresque hand here.
- kristianc 9y ago> I bet that's where the American "cut off your nose to spite your face" comes from, too Not to nitpick, but that term dates back to 12th century England.
- 1123581321 9y agoTid isn't a bowdlerization of tit; it's just a different pronunciation from a few hundred years ago.
- throwanem 9y agoI remember reading a piece that cited sources for both of the variants I quoted existing in modern American English as the result of deliberate bowdlerization. Once I'm back at my desk, I'll see if I can find it again.