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Article #2103Re: Gays and stereotypes. (A relativly young perspective)
From: Ken Rossen
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1986 15:37
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1986 15:37
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In article <23@spdcc.UUCP> dyer@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Dyer) writes:
> I don't know about everyone else, but I find the outrage shown by
> certain members of strait society when they're called "breeders" a
> real hoot. As far as I'm concerned, it's fine to let straits
> experience what it's like to have the shoe on the other foot, and
> "breeder" is probably one of the least offensive labels I can imagine.
Granted. However, Steve, your spelling is usually impeccable, so I wonder
if "strait" is a new one ... just a pun, perhaps? Has it passed into
common usage?
Care to enlighten us? (For purposes of etymological interest only, of
course :-? )
--
"That's the way we spell New Hampshire."
Ken Rossen ...!{ihnp4,harvard,seismo}!bbnccv!krossen
____or____ krossen@ccp.bbn.com -or- krossen@bbnccp.arpa
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!bbncca!krossen From: krossen@bbncca.ARPA (Ken Rossen) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: Gays and stereotypes. (A relativly young perspective) Message-ID: <1730@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 10:37:36 EST Article-I.D.: bbncca.1730 Posted: Mon Mar 3 10:37:36 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Mar-86 04:42:41 EST References: <83@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> <3234@sun.uucp> <86@mit-amt.MIT.EDU> <745@harvard.UUCP> <23@spdcc.UUCP> Reply-To: krossen@bbnccp.arpa (Ken Rossen) Organization: A knife, a fork, a bottle, and a cork. Lines: 18 Summary: "Strait"???