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- From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
- Subject: Re: Faggots and witches (again)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.192754.25111@serval.net.wsu.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec22.194238.16593@netcom.com> <ZeR0VB3w165w@brewich.hou.tx.us> <1992Dec26.014535.2308@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 19:27:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.014535.2308@u.washington.edu> rjb@carson.u.washington.edu (LeGrand Cinq-Mars) writes:
- >Nevertheless, the use of the words "fag" and "faggot" to mean "male
- >homosexual" is basically North American. It was first recorded in
- >North America, and it isn't characteristic of British English at all
- >(except perhaps in imitation of North American slang, and only very
- >recently if at all).
- >
- >Don't you think it unlikely that a usage some people now claim to derive
- >from European persecutions of several centuries ago should first be
- >recorded in the late 19th century in North America? In English?
- >And not Latin or French or Spanish?
- >
- >I recommend checking the Oxford English Dictionary. And not teriary or
- >quaternary sources that have less reliability than the average urban legend.
- >
- >--LeGrand
-
- Alas, I gave up on the Oxford English Dictionary with my learning
- that it does not have the word "athame" in it. Neither of the recent editions.
-
- So much for the ultimate reference. :-(
-
- Ride Free,
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- Bill
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