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You're talking about 'cunt', right?

• abrowne 12y ago
  Yes, and they would have sounded more similar before the great vowel shift.
  • lotsofmangos 12y ago
    Chaucer has it written as 'queynte', so the words may have actually sounded more different.
    • abrowne 12y ago
      The OED's earliest attestations is 'cunte' (first in 'Gropecuntelane').