Re: CHAT: Profile of a Conlanger
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 15, 1999, 23:03 |
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"J. Barefoot" wrote:
> I don't mean to offend anyone by pursuing this, but I have a question.
> This is an old usage? Exactly where are you from? That's a usage here in
> Alabama too, but a fairly new one, and a semantic shift that I found
> interesting when I noticed it.
Same here (Northwest Florida, AKA Baja Alabama :-)), it seems to be a
general put-down, originally from stereotypes about homosexual behavior,
but it now a more general put-down, tho there's still some homosexual
connotations to it.
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