Talk:Common scold

message: Which is the preferred usage, and are they actually the same?
http://www.sacredspiral.com/Database/burning/cuckstl.html
quotes :
 Cucking Stool
 This is sometimes confounded with the ducking-stool, but was entirely
 dissimilar. Its exact construction cannot be explained in these pages.
 Let it suffice to say that it was a seat of even flagitious indelicacy
 upon which offending females were exposed at their own doors or in some
 public place as a means of putting upon them the last degree of
 ignominy. The cucking-stool, in fact, was analogous to the Sedes
 Stercoraria in which a new Pope was formerly placed during the
 installation ceremonies, to remind him that he was human.
 Curiosities of Popular Customs
 And of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and Miscellaneous Antiquities
 By William S. Walsh
 J.B. Lippincott Company
 Copyright 1897
: Hm. the Sedes Stercoraria was a chair with a hole in it, through which a deacon would feel the Pope's balls to check that he was a man. This quote claims that the cucking stool was similar. So it had a hole in the bottom? The woman on the engraving isn't naked, so a hole in the seat wouldn't have any interesting effects... --lament 06:16, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. The authors seem to have relied on Blackstone's observation far too readily. Even cursory research (i.e. other encyclopedic Internet sites) reveal that these too stools may have had a similar function and served as punishment for the same crime, but were in fact two different devices used at different times (see favourite Wikipedia reference, the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica ). Apparently cucking stools were commonly used until the mid-16th century. Therefore all literary references, the woodcut and most of the legal information would refer to the (not entirely) distinct ducking stool. That an article with such questionable facticity should achieve featured status is frankly an embarrassment. If this is not clarified soon, I'll have to request that its featured status be removed. The cucking stool article will also need an overhaul. Pteron 00:02, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added reference to the contrary definitions out of the Encyclopedia; and also added the details provided of the last use of the ducking stool according to that account.  Next time I am at the U of L law library I will see if by some good fortune they have any of the books on ancient punishments cited in the EB.  Smerdis of Tlön 16:19, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cucking Stool/Ducking Stool 

message: I note that my reference to England and Wales as a "part" of the United Kingdom has been corrected to "parts". I am going to revert to the original. Perhaps I should explain why:
Firstly, in constitutional terms, the United Kingdom, is a union of three parts: (1) Northern Ireland; (2) Scotland; and (3) England and Wales. The Act of Union, which created Great Britain was a union of two parts: Scotland on the one hand with England and Wales on the other.
Secondly, and the reason for the above, is that in legal terms, the United Kingdom consists of three jurisdictions as above. There is a single legal system across England and Wales. It is true that there are some specifically Welsh legal provisions, but there are also legal provisions to regions within England, or to local authorities. The court system of England and Wales is not divided at the Welsh border (Wales forms a part of the Wales and Chester circuit), in historic terms the two countries have had one law since Henry VIII.
From the point of view of domicile, one can be domiciled in Scotland, or in England and Wales, and a company can chose to be established in England and Wales.
For these reasons, I believe "part" is correct.
Francis Davey 09:28, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pedantry: England and Wales 

message: Is the common scold a pun on the common cold?  Or the other way around?  Or just an eerie coincidence of the English language? - Plutor 13:39, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Simply hilarious. My sides are splitting. --80.88.220.10 (talk) 07:23, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this a pun? 

message: Very, very short and no references. Only a few links too. Will put on unless someone objects. Skinnyweed 01:46, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  FARC 

message: Local websites refer to cucking, inc one recording that the plaque has been stolen.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/6429114/in/set-160394/ GBH 07:21, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fye Bridge 

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message: What does the word "common" signify in the phrase "common scold"? Does it relate to "common law"? Are there other kinds of scolds?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:79E1:ABC:1A0A:F5A5:CBEB:EC68:A0AF (talk) 13:32, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why "common"?