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19th-century nursery rhyme becomes bawdy lesbian anthem
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English poet Edward Lear could not have expected his 1871 work “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” to become a meme nearly 250 years later, but hey, language evolves!Related: Cate Blanchett declares “I am a lesbian!”Here’s the excerpt that, apparently, resonates.
Nobody: … Lesbians: from gay “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat,” a nonsense poem published in Lear’s book Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets, tells the story of an owl and a cat who fall in love while out to sea and later get married by a turkey after buying a pig’s nose ring for the price of one shilling.Here’s the full first stanza:The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green boat,They took some honey, and plenty of money,Wrapped up in a five-pound note.The Owl.
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John and Johannes ‘fully anticipated’ hate over Strictly partnership after bullying ordeal
Strictly Come Dancing partner, Johannes Radebe, were expecting to receive abuse when they took part in the BBC dance show as the first all-male couple.Speaking recently on That Gaby Roslin Podcast, John said: “I guess, we knew it was going to happen. We fully anticipated a bit of hate.“Johannes, being a black man as well, he anticipated a bit of racial hate, which he got.
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