# Harlot vs. whore

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlot-vs-whore/288324>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 4, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlot-vs-whore/288324 "2005-02-04T04:58:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlot-vs-whore/288324/21 "2005-02-05T01:15:50Z")

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> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> :: looking up Albany in the atlas ::

If you don’t know where Albany is, then forget you. 😉

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlot-vs-whore/288324/22 "2005-02-05T02:17:25Z")

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Heat it up mamma, I know where Albany is. But tel me…is it odd being all white with pink eyes? 😉

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlot-vs-whore/288324/23 "2005-02-05T02:19:31Z")

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> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> Heat it up mamma, I know where Albany is. But tel me…is it odd being all white with pink eyes? 😉

You’re asking for another smackdown.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlot-vs-whore/288324/24 "2005-02-05T07:00:55Z")

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> [@vetbridge](#):
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> They served milk?

Well, sure, but only as part of a White Russian. Waddya want in a titty bar? :smack:

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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlot-vs-whore/288324/25 "2005-02-05T11:27:05Z")

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> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> Hussy, by the way, originally was short for Housewife (“Husswife” I believe, in Middle English). But we all know what housewives get up to, thus the term shifted its meaning. A little.

So, it all started with the middle english “Desperate housewives”? (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)

> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> I know where Albany is. But tell me…is it odd being all white with pink eyes? 😉

Some of your posts just always come through in my head with Mandy Patinkin’s unforgettable spanish accent in the ‘princess bride’ movie… this line was hilarious like that! 😃

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