07-11-2015, 11:01 AM
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The word Gay
Does anyone else detest the way the word - gay - cannot now be used in every day conversation. It has been hi-jacked by the Homosexual and Lesbian community. I have nothing whatever against people who are Homosexual or Lesbian, that is how they were at birth, and is not their fault.As far as I am concerned they maybe gay or sad. But the word always used to be meant as happy.
I walked down into the town for my newspaper this morning in high winds and heavy rain. A man said good morning to me and my flippant reply was, yes what a gay day. He said thank God someone else uses the word correctly.
07-11-2015, 11:08 AM
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Re: The word Gay
Language changes all the time .There are many words that no longer describe their original meaning .
IE awful used to mean commanding awe. Now it means something bad
bully used to mean great or wonderful .
Bully for you !
Now it means a bad dominating person .
Gay was once a popular girls name .
A gay batchelor was one who had a good time being single
Things change
07-11-2015, 02:02 PM
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Re: The word Gay
Wicked is another word that can confuse. This was brought home to me whilst abroad and a young local boy asked me what wicked meant. He had been showing a tourist his new watch and the tourists told him "it was wicked". The poor boy thought he had something really evil. It was somewhat of an ordeal trying to explain to the poor boy that these days wicked is used in the same way as "cool", "excellent" etc. We certainly seem to know how to confuse foreigners who have taken the trouble to learn English.
07-11-2015, 04:11 PM
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Re: The word Gay
Originally Posted by clumsy
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Wicked is another word that can confuse. This was brought home to me whilst abroad and a young local boy asked me what wicked meant. He had been showing a tourist his new watch and the tourists told him "it was wicked". The poor boy thought he had something really evil. It was somewhat of an ordeal trying to explain to the poor boy that these days wicked is used in the same way as "cool", "excellent" etc. We certainly seem to know how to confuse foreigners who have taken the trouble to learn English.
I know what you mean, and you're right, but I don't like the way identical words can have totally different meanings, it's stupid. You may as well point to a nice car and say that bus is nice isn't it.
Look at the word 'WELL' for instance. There's 'well' as in feeling fine, 'well' as in a hole full of water, and 'well' as in 'well what do we do now?' Stooopid.
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