Editing Sodomy (section)

== Popular use ==
* The word "sod", a noun used as an insult, is thought by some to derive from sodomy. However, its connotation tends to suggest someone who is foolish rather than a bugger, as such.  A more likely reference is to [[sod]], namely something grown on a farm and covered with dirt.  Sod is used often in everyday language in the UK and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] and is only mildly offensive.
* A 1924 entry in [[Evelyn Waugh]]’s diary states that an English High Court judge presiding in a sodomy case sought advice on sentencing from [[Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead|Lord Birkenhead]].  “Could you tell me,” he asked, “what do you think one ought to give a man who allows himself to be buggered?”  Birkenhead replied without hesitation, “Oh, 30 [[shilling]]s or 2 [[Pound sterling|pounds]]; whatever you happen to have on you.”<ref>Cited in ''[[wikipedia:The Times|The Times]]'' [[wikipedia:May 23|May 23]], [[wikipedia:2006|2006]], Law supplement p.7</ref>