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Obligatory comment for the few who do not know: nothing was Elizabethan slang for vagina, which makes the title of Much Ado About Nothing funny (https://amp.the
by Jun8 3y ago
Obligatory comment for the few who do not know: nothing was Elizabethan slang for vagina, which makes the title of Much Ado About Nothing funny (https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jun/05/much-ado-about-nothing-review https://amp.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jun/05/much-ado-abo...).
Hamlet also has the same pun:
Hamlet: Lady, shall I lie in your lap?
Ophelia: No, my lord.
Hamlet: I mean, my head upon your lap?
Ophelia: Ay, my lord.
Hamlet: Do you think I meant country matters?
Ophelia: I think nothing, my lord.
Hamlet: That's a fair thought to lie between maids' legs.
Ophelia: What is, my lord?
Hamlet: Nothing.
Hamlet means country as in cuntry.
My high school English teacher never pointed these out!