The Saxon Vernacular

[abu nuwas]

I must visit that street, Abu... though I'll probably wear jeans, I think

Thanks all. Everyone needs a fuck now and then.

What made me laugh was that someone thought the best way of covering such shame, was to use the mantle of Milton.

I rather like the old, slightly ribald, but plain-speaking way. In the City, there is Poultry, Cheapside (cheap from As 'shop'), and nearby is Cock St and numerous Cock Taverns. I guess that they derive from either 'cook' (as is still is in Dutch) or just more chicken-stuff. Love Lane was love of the paid kind.

My son in Holland told me a story about a Dutchwoman in a restaurant, speaking of the owner: ''He has very good kok, I think!''