"No, the word itself is not “just ugly”; that’s the rhetoric of rationalisation, an irrational disgust glossed over with the spurious
self-justification that it’s not a taboo, honest, just the aesthetics of the sounds. Cause, yeah, the word “country” really brings that knee jerk response out in us too, doesn’t it? No? No, it’s just a typical English word, like “punt” or “bunt,” “cant” or “count.” It’s not some perfect storm of phonic dissonance that just so happens to be attached to
female genitalia. Cunt. What’s the big deal?"
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