The notorious malapropism of somdomite ("Sodomite") has echoed for over a hundred years, since John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensbury, the furious father of Oscar Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, left his card for Wilde at the Albemarle Club, inscribed ''"For Oscar Wilde, posing as a somdomite."'' Wilde did not do the sensible thing, to pocket the card and move right along. He sued for libel, lost and was later jailed for gross indecency and ruined. The Marquess had warned Wilde to stay away from his son, but the infatuated Wilde ignored him. At the opening of Wilde's great triumph, ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' on February 14, 1895, Queensbury intended to publicly denounce Wilde , but he was refused a ticket. Two weeks later he left his inscribed calling card. But \"somdomite\" has rung in literate gay circles for over a hundred years, as the very essence of gauche heterosexual boorishness, even in a marquess. The mockery has a bitter ring to it however. To confuse matters even further, although the version above is generally accepted, there is some doubt about what Queensberry wrote on the card, since his handwriting was virtually unreadable. The doorman at the Albemarle Club thought he was describing Wilde as a "ponce." For other, more serious and historically relevant errors concerning "sodomites", see Sodom.
Recently inserted: ;"To confuse matters even further, although the version above is generally accepted, there is some doubt about what Queensberry wrote on the card, since his handwriting was virtually unreadable. The doorman at the Albemarle Club though he was describing Wilde as a "ponce"." Has "doubt' about "somdomite" previously been asserted in print? Is this, as the insertion says, merely "to confuse matters even further"? Who discusses this as an issue? --User:Wetman 00:08, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC) I believe there is something about this in a recent biography of Wilde, by Richard Ellman or something like that, but I will check. User:PatGallacher 00:24, 2005 Mar 27 (UTC) :It's addressed on p. 438 of Ellman's biography (which isn't recent!). Ellman says that the hall porter, Sidney Wright, was unable to read the card, that Wilde probably read it as "To Oscar Wilde, ponce and Somdomite", that Queensberry actually wrote "To Oscar Wilde posing Somdomite" but testified in court that he had written "To Oscar Wilde posing as a Somdomite". - User:Nunh-huh 00:32, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC) :There we are. Perhaps you'd enter these tidbits, when you have time and patience. Then we can avoid confusing matters further, as the saying is. --User:Wetman 02:14, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC) Anyway, the ponce link is obviously erroneous. --User:Oop 08:26, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC) ---- This article is all very amusing, but most of the amusing bits are opinions. Is this article really necessary? Most of it could go under the Wilde or Queensberry articles. User:Adam Carr 01:00, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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The notorious malapropism of somdomite ("Sodomite") has echoed for over a hundred years, since John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensbury, the furious father of Oscar Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, left his card for Wilde at the Albemarle Club, inscribed ''"For Oscar Wilde, posing as a somdomite."'' Wilde did not do the sensible thing, to pocket the card and move right along. He sued for libel, lost and was later jailed for gross indecency and ruined. The Marquess had warned Wilde to stay away from his son, but the infatuated Wilde ignored him. At the opening of Wilde's great triumph, ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' on February 14, 1895, Queensbury intended to publicly denounce Wilde , but he was refused a ticket. Two weeks later he left his inscribed calling card. But \"somdomite\" has rung in literate gay circles for over a hundred years, as the very essence of gauche heterosexual boorishness, even in a marquess. The mockery has a bitter ring to it however. To confuse matters even further, although the version above is generally accepted, there is some doubt about what Queensberry wrote on the card, since his handwriting was virtually unreadable. The doorman at the Albemarle Club thought he was describing Wilde as a "ponce." For other, more serious and historically relevant errors concerning "sodomites", see Sodom.
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Recently inserted: ;"To confuse matters even further, although the version above is generally accepted, there is some doubt about what Queensberry wrote on the card, since his handwriting was virtually unreadable. The doorman at the Albemarle Club though he was describing Wilde as a "ponce"." Has "doubt' about "somdomite" previously been asserted in print? Is this, as the insertion says, merely "to confuse matters even further"? Who discusses this as an issue? --User:Wetman 00:08, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC) I believe there is something about this in a recent biography of Wilde, by Richard Ellman or something like that, but I will check. User:PatGallacher 00:24, 2005 Mar 27 (UTC) :It's addressed on p. 438 of Ellman's biography (which isn't recent!). Ellman says that the hall porter, Sidney Wright, was unable to read the card, that Wilde probably read it as "To Oscar Wilde, ponce and Somdomite", that Queensberry actually wrote "To Oscar Wilde posing Somdomite" but testified in court that he had written "To Oscar Wilde posing as a Somdomite". - User:Nunh-huh 00:32, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC) :There we are. Perhaps you'd enter these tidbits, when you have time and patience. Then we can avoid confusing matters further, as the saying is. --User:Wetman 02:14, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC) Anyway, the ponce link is obviously erroneous. --User:Oop 08:26, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC) ---- This article is all very amusing, but most of the amusing bits are opinions. Is this article really necessary? Most of it could go under the Wilde or Queensberry articles. User:Adam Carr 01:00, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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