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• GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  literally meant “virgin” (as in “maiden voyage”)

  I can’t believe I never made this connection before.

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  • Disregard3145@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I learned this wrt romeo and juliet, maidenhead is the hymen or virginity (maidenhood?)

    For reference the line in Romeo and Juliet was

    Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads.
    Take it in what sense thou wilt.
    

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    • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      How did Bill get that past the censors?!

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      • oatscoop@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s hilarious how Shakespeare’s are seen today considering what they were originally. They’re full of dirty jokes and the accent they were originally performed in sounded nothing like the Received Pronunciation used today.

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      • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They’d never heard him tell a joke before.

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• wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I never put that all together before.

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