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Re: CHAT: Profile of a Conlanger

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Friday, May 14, 1999, 22:09
On Fri, 14 May 1999, dunn patrick w wrote:

> > I've never been called gay for conlanging. Why ever would someone come to > that conclusion? *looks puzzled* > > Of course, I *am* gay, but I should think going out with men would make > that more obvious than inventing a language for fictional trolls. >
Sorry for the confusion: "gay" here doesn't mean homosexual, but stupid. It completely left my mind that many follk use "gay" for "homosexual". It was a common expression in my youth, which was applied to nearly any person or situation we thought of as stupid. ("Look at that old man driving that beat up green car -- that's so gay!") I have had not a little contact with younger kids around here, and this usage has continued. Padraic.