Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxv.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!zehntel!ihnp4!mhuxl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxv!peduto From: peduto@pyuxv.UUCP (S A Peduto) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: The word GAY and a note on Olympic men Message-ID: <581@pyuxv.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 15:19:11 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxv.581 Posted: Fri Aug 10 15:19:11 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 07:45:49 EDT Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 12 What I was trying to say, dispite my mistake in posting an empty article, was that the word GAY for homosexual dates from the 19th century; cf. Farmer and Henly, A dictionary of SLang and its Analogues. As for the Olympics, my favorite so far has been Mike Tully, the pole vaulter who got a silver a few days ago. He had a quiet determination as well as a great, lanky, tall body. He's also red headed, and I love that. In general, I prefer fun postings to dealing with all that idiotic homophobia.