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Reader Feedback on "House of High Repute"
Dear Karen Abott,
I have some ideas about some possible topics about Chicago. I drove a taxi cab in Chicago a long time ago and I, being a history buff have stored so much information about that city. It's information, events and stories that are worthy of further mention in essay. I have given rides to crooked cops, Hollywood actors, musicians and people divulging their secrets to one another........... I just listened while these conversations were happening. I didn't talk a lot.
--sr
07/19 |
"Here in America, you think of prostitutes today, you think of the crack addict on the street, by herself except for her pimp. But back then, it was a valid industry."
How could someone so knowledgeable in the study of prostitution be so ignorant? Prostitution is still a valid industry, always has been. As far as prostitutes are concerned, I am sure the working conditions are much better now than turn of the century bordellos.
--f.u.
10/31 |
I'm no expert, but I have always assumed that the expression "Poontang" entered English from the French "putain," a vulgar term for a prostitute. I have no idea why, but I futher assumed it passed through South East Asia, brought into American slang by Vietnam-era U.S. service men who visited the red-light districts, in what had been French Indochina.
-Karuna
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07/22 |
There's a phrase in China?? Man, get your research straight. This question of "poon tang" is realyl prtty interesting, too bad the author comes off like a total nitwit in response.
--zyx
07/20 |
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