Re: Fruitcakes was Re: Kentum/satem

En réponse à Dan Jones <dan@...>:

>
> Probably the only one we came up with by ourselves for ourselves. Most
> of
> the others, like queer, poof, fag (I *hate* that one), fruit, fairy
> and
> even gay itself, were originally insults and are still used as such.
>
Well, the very word "homosexual" (or rather its original German form) was
invented by gay people in '20s Germany, and at first was used as a non-
derogatory form against the common "criminals against nature" that was given
them at that time.

Christophe.

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