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[quote="Tequila"][quote="visagrunt"]Well then, it's time for us to repossess those.[/quote] I don't think you'll have much success... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6UTmv2W_-w[/youtube][/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>misswoofalot</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:15 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Tequila wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">"Gay boy" is definitely an insult, though.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Absolutely not when used in the scene. 'Gay lads, Gay boys' All used by fag hags and the gay community and have been for along time. <br /> <br />Many of us older gals and guys use it as a term of enderment in the scene for younger twinks and noobs on the scene. Or just as an expression when in a mixed bar ' where are all the fit gayboys tongiht?' <br /> <br />It'll also used as a collective motherly term for a women who has lots of gay friends. I don't call them my 'gay men'. I call them my 'boys' however old they might be. Or ma 'gayboys' when I am talking to straights. <br /> <br />Never EVER an insult and nor do they think of it as one. However, the word 'gay ' has come out recently ( last ten years) as a derogatory term for anything bad in the teen straight world so maybe taht's what you mean? <br /> <br /> I do not see how being called a 'gayboy' could be insulting as there is nothing wrong with being gay in anyway shape or form !!!! Stand gay stand proud I say!!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>visagrunt</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:18 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Thom_Fuleri wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Sexual slang is remarkably complicated, isn't it?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Of course it is. For two reasons: <br /> <br />1) Sex is remarkably complicated. The myriad combinations arising from who is doing what to whom alone create a plethora of vocabulary. <br /> <br />2) We are generally squeamish about speaking openly of sex, and in particular of sexual activity. So we express ourselves in euphemism.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Thom_Fuleri</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:50 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">* GayGuy <br />* Gayboy <br />* Gayman <br /></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />These terms are merely "gay man" rammed together. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">* Bear <br />* Twink <br />* Musclemary</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />These are specific subcultures of gay men - bears are large and hairy, twinks are in their early twenties (as opposed to chickens, who are teenage gay men/lads) and a muscle mary spends all their time at the gym. You also missed "clone" (blond hair, blue eyes - both of which are optional - and a tendency to white T-shirts and jeans. You'll see dozens of them at any club). <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">* Twunk <br />* Otter <br /></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />I don't think I've heard these ones, or I've forgotten them. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <br />* Top <br />* Bottom <br />* Versatile</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />Again, subsets. Tops, er, like to give. Bottoms like to receive. I don't know how appropriate it would be to spell it out further than that. A guy who's versatile can go either way. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">* Chaser</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />I generally know this as a suffix - eg. "chubby chaser", a gay man who's into fat guys. <br /> <br />Sexual slang is remarkably complicated, isn't it?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Tequila</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:23 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">"Gay boy" is definitely an insult, though.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>misswoofalot</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:13 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Homosexual male <br />GayGuy <br />Gayboy <br />Gayman <br />Bear <br />Twink <br />Musclemary <br />TWunk <br />Otter <br />Top <br />Bottom <br /> Versatile <br />Chaser <br /> <br /> <br />As a fag hag on the gay scene for the last 20 years I hear all the above and they aren't seen as derogatory at all. Just labels that help manage what you want. <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>craiglll</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:15 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The thing about labels is that they generally don't fit the entire spectrum and then some one wants an exception for themselves. I've heard a guy say, " I might be gay but I'm no queer." What does that mean?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>CrazyCatLord</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:09 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>AstroGeek wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>CrazyCatLord wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Language--especially a mongrel like english--is never neat and orderly. We can't even adopt one consistent orthography, a clean and regular system of conjugations or a standardized one-to-one correspondence of sounds and letter patterns. And you're hoping for parallel vocabulary? I admire your romanticism, but I despair of any possility of success.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />It's a lot more orderly than German <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /> That's why I like the English language so much.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />But at least German is highly literal, without all of the Latin mixed in.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Oh, we have a lot of Latin loanwords too. But to complicate things (we love to do that), there is usually also a colloquially used German word that means exactly the same. Educated people or specialists, such as doctors and lawyers, prefer to use the Latin terms, which laypeople without a higher education often don't understand. <br /> <br />For example, a castle is usually called Burg or Schloss, but posh folk call it Kastell. Culmination means Höhepunkt or Gipfelpunkt, but an intellectual would rather call it Kulmination. A gastroscopy means Magenspiegelung in colloquial German, but medical professionals and show-offs speak of a Gastroskopie. <br /> <br />It's the same with French words. French used to be the language of choice among the German nobility and the social upper crust. We borrowed a lot of it, but we never abandoned the German counterparts of French loanwords. An alley can either be a Gasse or an Allee. A wallet is either a Geldbörse or a Portemonnaie, and an epaulet is both a Schulterstück and an Epaulette. <br /> <br />This inflates the German vocabulary quite a bit, and makes it even harder for foreigners to learn the language than it already is thanks to utterly illogical things like our randomly assigned grammatical gender. The English have been a lot more consequent in their adoption of loanwords.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>CrazyCatLord</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:29 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Tequila wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I want to have a do at Germany, visit, have a few swallies, enjoy the local atmosphere. I suspect I'd like the Germans very much indeed. Whereabouts are you from in Germany, <span style="font-weight: bold">CrazyCatLord</span>? <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Aurich in Lower Saxony <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /> I moved here from North Rhine-Westphalia. This is bicycle country (no steep hills, bike lanes everywhere, very considerate car drivers), which makes it easy to get around without a car. The air is much better here too, and the North Sea climate is very mild in the winter. The only problem is that I don't understand a word when elderly people chat in Low German or Saterland Frisian <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Tequila</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:41 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I want to have a do at Germany, visit, have a few swallies, enjoy the local atmosphere. I suspect I'd like the Germans very much indeed. Whereabouts are you from in Germany, <span style="font-weight: bold">CrazyCatLord</span>? <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>AstroGeek</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:39 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>CrazyCatLord wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Language--especially a mongrel like english--is never neat and orderly. We can't even adopt one consistent orthography, a clean and regular system of conjugations or a standardized one-to-one correspondence of sounds and letter patterns. And you're hoping for parallel vocabulary? I admire your romanticism, but I despair of any possility of success.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />It's a lot more orderly than German <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /> That's why I like the English language so much.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />But at least German is highly literal, without all of the Latin mixed in.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>CrazyCatLord</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:37 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>visagrunt wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Tequila wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">It's certainly possible but all the terms I can think of that are male-only are derogatory and homophobic.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Well then, it's time for us to repossess those. <br /> <br />In all seriousness, we will never get one of the perjoratives to take a coequal place with, "lesbian." And I'm okay with that. So lesbians get one more descriptive word than we do. I'm perfectly content to rely on the unambiguous term, "gay man," to stand as its male-exclusive substitute.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />One more descriptive word? There is also "sapphic", and some lesbians proudly call themselves dykes (although it would never occur to me to call them that). That's five terms already if you count gay and homosexual. I thought men should have at least one that they don't have to share <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /> But gay man works I guess. After all, there is no special adjective for bisexual men either. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Language--especially a mongrel like english--is never neat and orderly. We can't even adopt one consistent orthography, a clean and regular system of conjugations or a standardized one-to-one correspondence of sounds and letter patterns. And you're hoping for parallel vocabulary? I admire your romanticism, but I despair of any possility of success.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />It's a lot more orderly than German <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif" alt="Smile" border="0" /> That's why I like the English language so much.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>CrazyCatLord</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:31 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>justalouise wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">you could try to get "gayman" to catch on. you know, like, pronounced to rhyme with "layman". heh. <br /> <br /> <br />...yeah, don't mind me</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors <img src="modules/Forums/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="Very Happy" border="0" /> I'm not sure if he would like the idea.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Tequila</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:38 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>visagrunt wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Well then, it's time for us to repossess those.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I don't think you'll have much success... <br /> <br /><object width="660" height="405"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6UTmv2W_-w"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C6UTmv2W_-w&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="660" height="405"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=C6UTmv2W_-w&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=0" target="_blank"></a><br /></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>justalouise</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:30 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">you could try to get "gayman" to catch on. you know, like, pronounced to rhyme with "layman". heh. <br /> <br /> <br />...yeah, don't mind me</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>visagrunt</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://cdn.wrongplanet.net/modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:19 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Tequila wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">It's certainly possible but all the terms I can think of that are male-only are derogatory and homophobic.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Well then, it's time for us to repossess those. <br /> <br />In all seriousness, we will never get one of the perjoratives to take a coequal place with, "lesbian." And I'm okay with that. So lesbians get one more descriptive word than we do. I'm perfectly content to rely on the unambiguous term, "gay man," to stand as its male-exclusive substitute. <br /> <br />Language--especially a mongrel like english--is never neat and orderly. We can't even adopt one consistent orthography, a clean and regular system of conjugations or a standardized one-to-one correspondence of sounds and letter patterns. And you're hoping for parallel vocabulary? I admire your romanticism, but I despair of any possility of success.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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