Speak plainly, and say cu', ca', po' and fo'
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"Speak plainly, and say cu', ca', po' and fo'." --Ragionamenti (1534–36) by Pietro Aretino |
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"Speak plainly, and say cu', ca', po' and fo' is a dictum from Aretino's Reasonings. The lines are spoken by Antonia, the older and experienced woman and it is she who argues for the abandonment of sexual euphemisms and sexual symbolism in literature in favour of calling a spade a spade.
"Cu', ca', po' and fo'" are two-letter abbreviations for culo, cazzo, potta and fottere.
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