Re: Gay lisp

From: Reinhold (Rey) Aman (aman_at_sonic.net)
Date: 12/07/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:09:00 GMT

Mxsmanic wrote:

> Reinhold (Rey) Aman writes:

>> *Effeminate*: 1. having qualities or characteristics more often
>> associated with women than men; unmanly; 2. characterized by
>> weakness and excessive refinement.

> Yes, I know. But what sort of _words_ are effeminate?

You really don't know that American men and women use different words
and expressions? (I have no knowledge of what's going on in other
regional variations of English.) No heterosexual man would seriously
use "darling" and "fabulous" as adjectives. No heterosexual man (except
for salesmen in a paint store) would use -- or even know -- the various
sissy color terms gaily flung about by dainty wimmen and daintier
interior decorators (such as "mauve," "puce," "eggshell," or
"chartreuse"). And no real man would say, "Don't you think it's kind of
darkish in here?" when he means, "Put in a brighter light bulb!"

>> Thus, women's language (esp. vocabulary) used
>> by most women and effeminate men.

> What language is that?

So far we've been talking about English. We still are.
 
>> May I recommend a couple of books by Deborah Tannen? Or a look at
>> this page with a good (but outdated) bibliography about this topic?

> Just answer my questions.

Just go *** yourself and read one damn book by Professor Dr. Deborah
Tannen on the differences between men's and women's language. 

-- 
Reinhold (Rey) Aman