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- From: aa704@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jennifer Engel)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Origin of the term "faggot"
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 02:17:22 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Dec22.165510.13700@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <1992Dec20.231739.8064@reed.edu> <1992Dec21.003938.2207@news.columbia.edu> <Bzo3Gw.FG7@cs.columbia.edu>
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- In a previous article, mudge@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (MUDGE BRIAN WAYNE) says:
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- > Ok, when challenged, back up, find your sources, and repost...
- >From THE GAY BOOK OF LISTS, Leigh W. Rutledge, c.1987, Alyson Publications
- >Inc., 40 Plympton St., Boston, Mass. 02118, p.42
- > A brief summary of each of the five points mentioned in the book, (quoted
- >without permission, of course), is:
- >
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- They're forgetting one: faggot/faggott/faggotto in various languages is the
- word for bassoon. (take a look at most musical scores for
- orchestral/operatic pieces)
- --
- From THE JAZZ BOOK: FROM RAGTIME TO FUSION AND BEYOND
- "There is something in music which is more than melody
- and more than harmony: music."
- Guisseppe Verdi
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