Speaking of comparative linguistics, Bill, "bumble bees" were originally called "hummle (little hum) bees." This became "humble bees" which seems a weird thing to call them, so "humble" was re-analyzed as "bumble" bees. Likewise coney rabbits became bunny rabbits when the original coney was seen as coming to close to a certain four-letter word.
More likely a stinger will be in the eye of the bee holder.
LOL! Let's hope not! Jesus! My cat got two foxtales in her eye once. Those are little barbed spikes of dry grass that can worm their way into and behind a cat's eye if the cat roles around in the grass. They're difficult to spot and to remove unless you're a vet and know what you're doing. And they can be pretty traumatic to the cat. The eye is very sensitive piece of the anatomy for any species of animal. Speaking of bee stingers, I once got stung on the inside of my mouth once from a bee that got into a can of soda I was drinking. Ouch! :-(
Likewise coney rabbits became bunny rabbits when the original coney was seen as coming to close to a certain four-letter word.
What four-letter word? Sorry, but it's just too obscure for me to decipher. Perhaps "ho'ny" as an abbreviation for "horny"?
EDIT: Someone privately e-mailed me to say it sounded like the first two syllables of cunnilingus. So I guess "cunt" was the "four-letter word." That is quite a stretch and one would already need a focus on word perversion to get to that. Why not rename "Coney Island" for the same reason?
You got it. Such tabboo avoidance is not a universal physical law - it depends on the speaker and the situation. I am sure the famous line about petting a cat on Johnny Carson comes to mind.
