Re: Gay lisp
From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 12/07/04
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Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 13:16:58 GMT
Reinhold (Rey) Aman wrote:
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> Mxsmanic wrote:
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> > Reinhold (Rey) Aman writes:
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> >> *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.
What _would_ he use them as?
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