Accidental innuendoFreddy Woo writes, "A woman I used to work with once walked into a car workshop to get her windscreen replaced, and uttered the immortal line, "Have you seen the size of my crack?"
What innuendos have you accidentally walked into? Are you a 1970s Carry On film character?
Extra points for the inappropriateness of the context
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chthonic, Thu 12 Jun 2008, 12:05)
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Indeed.Knut was Danish (England was effectively a Danish dependency at the time) and his name wouldn't have presented any problems in Old English. "Canute" is the spelling that gradually took over as Old English evolved into the more Norman-influenced Middle English.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 13 Jun 2008, 11:10,
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