tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5320390603966170277..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: BastardsOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-78955386985170174342016-05-25T11:41:47.838-04:002016-05-25T11:41:47.838-04:00There are parts of the human psyche that I will ne...There are parts of the human psyche that I will never fathom. I am completely clueless about such an act from the point of view of the participants. Good I didn't decide to become a psychologist. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-17185279931435379962016-05-25T11:29:13.245-04:002016-05-25T11:29:13.245-04:00I think there's a subtle difference between th...I think there's a subtle difference between the two as well as gender. A cuckold will often be unsuspecting, but a cuckquean is often made to watch ...Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-65619138438290729952016-05-25T03:35:17.908-04:002016-05-25T03:35:17.908-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632842616313573620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-86168875624518391202016-05-23T16:11:35.144-04:002016-05-23T16:11:35.144-04:00It's interesting that there is a term, and eve...It's interesting that there is a term, and even more so that it is relatively unknown, given the fact that more wives than husbands are betrayed. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-56225462617858129272016-05-23T16:09:25.665-04:002016-05-23T16:09:25.665-04:00Yes, Lil. Actually, if I could thrash him with a c...Yes, Lil. Actually, if I could thrash him with a cue stick, I might feel better. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-57229169711189800002016-05-23T16:06:24.460-04:002016-05-23T16:06:24.460-04:00EvKa, I feared. As Alexader Pope wrote, "Hope...EvKa, I feared. As Alexader Pope wrote, "Hope springs eternal!"Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-37999725474343424982016-05-23T15:05:43.952-04:002016-05-23T15:05:43.952-04:00No "huh" here, just "Huhrumph!"...No "huh" here, just "Huhrumph!" Because everyone knows that no bastards ever result from rump-humping, Ba- or otherwise.<br /><br />(Really, AmA, did you seriously not expect a column on this subject to go completely off the rails?)Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-82935092448257962042016-05-23T14:48:14.447-04:002016-05-23T14:48:14.447-04:00Even I have enough sense not to touch your last li...Even I have enough sense not to touch your last line, Zoë...as appreciative as I am at the fine cast (as in fly fishing).Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-78815298082874912872016-05-23T14:45:47.533-04:002016-05-23T14:45:47.533-04:00You're so wrong, Sis. If the English were neu...You're so wrong, Sis. If the English were neuter (large or small) there wouldn't be any bastards. <br /><br />Barumphump... to anticipate EvKa's "huh?"<br />Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-67378907564362327292016-05-23T14:09:43.002-04:002016-05-23T14:09:43.002-04:00Great blog, Annamaria, and you make a very interes...Great blog, Annamaria, and you make a very interesting point about the disapproval of others towards a bastard driving them to greater success.<br /><br />On the subject of gender, I discovered a while ago that the female equivalent of a cuckold is a cuckquean.Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-8138475011775872672016-05-23T13:11:22.456-04:002016-05-23T13:11:22.456-04:00I really enjoyed this. And I leave a lot. These we...I really enjoyed this. And I leave a lot. These were very talented people. Int sounds like Daddy liked making babies. Caring for them, not so much. by the the imbalance between the sexes. Cue a certain political candidate .lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-17420606480310898222016-05-23T12:05:30.105-04:002016-05-23T12:05:30.105-04:00It's all true. On a lighter note, I tried &quo...It's all true. On a lighter note, I tried "bastette" for a while, but it never took off.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09318814988704669621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-5263660129719534682016-05-23T11:40:08.873-04:002016-05-23T11:40:08.873-04:00EvKa, the word in the romance languages that I kno...EvKa, the word in the romance languages that I know has a male and female version. Except for family relationships, English is largely neuter--so I think, in the context that I am using the word (to describe children born out of wedlock), it stands for both sexes. When we use it as a pejorative for a person we find harsh and nasty, we use "bastard" for a man and "bitch" for a woman. It is also interesting, though, that we call a person we dislike " a son of a bitch," not "son of bastard." And we pillory women who have mothered children out of wedlock, but not men who have fathered bastards. They get a fair amount of grudging admiration. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-65357168989531100392016-05-23T11:04:17.448-04:002016-05-23T11:04:17.448-04:00I find it interesting (I find MANY things interest...I find it interesting (I find MANY things interesting when other people just say, "Huh?" Cue Jeff...) that 'bastard' is almost always used to refer to a male, and that the word actually sounds weird when applied to females, as if there should be another word for them. In almost every other aspect of familial relationships, there are separate words for males and females.<br /><br />Ah, English, you have let us down.<br /><br />(Or, perhaps, this is one area of the English human experience where there truly is equality of the sexes???)Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.com