Posted by Edwin Hurwitz on 04/12/07 17:20

In article <vmai13dt152r6mkki0sto484s2q65t1d2i@4ax.com>, Alang <>
wrote:

> On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:22:01 GMT, "Fat Sam"
> <samandjanetknox@tessco.net> wrote:
>
> >holland.chris@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> It is less gay
> >
> >?????
> >How can a website have sexual preferences?
>
> I think the word 'gay' is starting to recover its original meaning
>
> >That's a bit like saying "My fridge has a great sense of humour"
> >
> Possibly the way you tell them

I think the word gay was originally positive. Now it's used as a
pejorative pretty much in every case, except in referring to sexual
preferences, where it can be positive or negative depending on the
amount of prejudice of the speaker.

Edwin

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