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Donkey or anus

Latest comment: 14 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The word "ass" is linked to "asshole", which seems inappropriate to me. Would not Shakespear have intended rather a donkey? 188.100.196.8 (talk) 22:34, 7 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

WP:SOFIXIT. Now I did. Of course Shakespeare was not American: Oh that she were/an open-arse and thou a popp'rin'pear--88.74.205.16 (talk) 22:04, 20 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

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Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I don't have institutional access for these...hopefully someone else does.

Dogberry Hero: Shakespeare's Comic Constables in Their Communal Context, Phoebe S. Spinrad, Studies in Philology, Vol. 89, No. 2 (Spring, 1992), pp. 161-178, University of North Carolina Press
SHAKESPEARES CONSTABLES, LOUISE D. FRASURE, Zeitschrift für englische Philologie. Volume 1934, Issue 58, Pages 384–391, ISSN (Online) 1865-8938, ISSN (Print) 0340-5222

I think I can get the .pdf for this one:

Dogberry, John A. Allen, Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Winter, 1973), pp. 35-53, Folger Shakespeare Library in association with George Washington University

— Scientizzle 15:10, 1 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

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