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[JonSzanto]

So, I knew that Esterbrook had pens for doctors and nurses, but I never knew they had one for prostitutes:

 

Ultra Rare Vintage R Esterbrook Ho Fountain Pen - In Visi Section - Grey Marble

 

I do believe it will go for a nice price, and it is pretty funny how they attributed that, uh, model.

[Hugh]

I take heart you hadn't encountered one before !! ....neither have I btw....

[FarmBoy]

Would be ok if I said "that is a ho lotta pen"

 

FB

[Autopoint]

Funny how the masses have "interpreted" the tail end of the "R. Esterbrook & Co." signature on the pen barrels to "Ho".  The "R. Esterbrook & Co." logo has been on Esterbrook products since long before fountain pens with reservoirs were invented (check out the red cardboard boxes of nibs, sold with a gross of the same nib).  Some non-collector a while back must've failed to understand the "fancy script" used for the "& Co.", decided it looked like "Ho", and now many people think that collector was correct!

[JonSzanto]

Well, I don't know about "the masses" or "many people", as this is the first time I've ever seen someone misinterpret the "& Co". Nonetheless, I thought it was pretty funny!

[Cob]

What has "Ho" got to do with prostitutes?

 

Is this another case of GBS's dictum that America and England are divided by the same language?

 

Cob

Edited by Cob, 15 October 2014 - 09:13 AM.

[Hugh]

Ho is American slang for a prostitute. 

[Cob]

Ho is American slang for a prostitute. 

Thank you.

 

As an English quid pro quo, may I offer "Doxy?"

 

Cob

[JonSzanto]

[Cob]

Very good Jon - well found!

 

Meanwhile here's another 'doll' - from an ebay listing:

 

 

It's made in England by "Barbie Todd & Co. Ltd"

 

Cob

[JonSzanto]

Annnnnnnnnd... they got just under $220.00 for it. 

[David Nishimura]

Ho is American slang for a prostitute. 

 

Perhaps more precisely, dialect for "whore".

[Hugh]

 

Ho is American slang for a prostitute. 

 

Perhaps more precisely, dialect for "whore".

 

 

Thank you David, without a doubt an issue where being both precise and correct is paramount !! I must have been overcome by a bout of "political correctness"...

[ihimlen]

...and since it's almost Xmas time (at least for most of the high street retailers and department stores)...sorry, couldn't resist!