peterson@vaxwrk.DEC (Bob Peterson) (08/08/85)
And by the same token I object to "straight". But not too strenously since my alternative "het" is kinda derogatory. "Straight" implies "right" and not-straight not-right, in my ear. And while we're starting a flame, "gay" itself bothers me in that it has been used for some MANY meanings thru the centuries, everything I hear from wicked to frivolous to happy to homosexual, and not in that order necessarily. I have no useful alternatives tho. \bob
hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) (08/14/85)
In article <3507@decwrl.UUCP> peterson@vaxwrk.DEC (Bob Peterson) writes: >And by the same token I object to "straight". But not too strenously since my >alternative "het" is kinda derogatory. "Straight" implies "right" and >not-straight not-right, in my ear. I think the opposite of "straight" is "bent", which is slang for homosexual in England and Austrailia but not commonly heard in the U.S. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe