Comments on Under Sundog: Where did you learn that word?

ya know, "whore" is kind of an unfair word...becau...

2009-05-12T18:41:00.000+08:00

ya know, "whore" is kind of an unfair word...because off the top of my head I can't think of a single other English word that starts with "wh" but makes a "h" sound.

I sympathize with all mistake-makers.

One of my favorite stories about Joshilyn Jackson ...

2009-05-12T08:16:00.000+08:00

One of my favorite stories about Joshilyn Jackson and Karen Abbott (two authors) was when they were in S.F. on a book tour.

As they were checking in the concierge asked if they were there with the other novelist. Joshilyn asked what the other novelists book was about, "The Horrors of War" he replied. She, being a southern bell (and knowing Karen's book was about to very famous whores of Chicago) heard "Whores of War" ... and wanted to know if it was about the camp followers of the Civil War.

Of course Karen had to translate. H-orrors or War not WH-ores of war.

lol - makes me giggle every time I think about it.

When I was in grade school we had almost this exac...

2009-05-12T01:12:00.000+08:00

When I was in grade school we had almost this exact same scenario unfold with a classmate who was relatively newly arrived from France. We were talking about "intense" words in English class. He wrote "whore" on the board. Our teacher nearly fainted. He then explained that "whore" was "when two countries fight each other over land or religion."