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Article #540Re: Women Rejecting TSs
From: Jeff Bowles
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 17:48
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 17:48
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wat@athena.Eng.sun.com (William) writes:
> Dyke has other connotations than just being a lesbian. You may be
> a lesbian, but there are alot of lesbians that are not dykes.
rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl (Olaf Seibert) writes:
>From my dictionary: (Collins concise English dictionary, 3rd ed (1992))
>dyke(2) /or/ dike n. /Sl./ a lesbian. [C20: from ?]
As if a dictionary would contain the subtle nuances of the
langages? That's like going to _The New York Times_ to try
to figure out what the people on the street are saying.
In other words, I don't buy it. I have a friend who, when
coming out, made it very clear to herself and her friends
that while she might be a lesbian, she would never, ever
be a "dyke". She was saying one of several things ("I don't
like the term and don't wanna be called it" might be one
interpretation; "Dyke is short for 'bull-dyke' which conjures
images that aren't me" is another) but was certainly saying that,
to her, the words aren't synonymous.
Jeff Bowles
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