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[Facts] Re: Language Evolves

by Anneza (guest)

5/18/2006, 10:55 PM

As an adjective, gay is certainly to be avoided: luckily one can still comfortably distinguish gaiety from gayness!

I've got a colleague in her 30s - very attractive woman, straight, unmarried - whose surname is Gay; her given initials are BJ. She no longer puts her name up on her door, to avoid the snickering ... and yet when her parents named her, the meaning that exists today never occurred to anyone.

Which, I suppose, means that it could happen to any of us!

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Just talked to the NY Times about... · Mike C · 5/15/2006, 5:43 PM

•Mike C - the article made the Washingon Post, too · Siri · 5/22/2006, 12:33 PM

•Re: Just talked to the NY Times about... · Andrew · 5/19/2006, 1:38 PM

•My Overall Impressions of the Name · Lala · 5/18/2006, 5:06 PM

•Re: The article appears: · Cleveland Kent Evans · 5/18/2006, 10:38 AM

•Re: The article appears: · Mike C · 5/18/2006, 1:38 PM

•Somewhat OT · Lillian · 5/18/2006, 10:51 AM

•Re: Just talked to the NY Times about... · Mike C · 5/17/2006, 4:41 PM

•We get too overwrought about it; it's the GP name of the masses; so what? · Lillian · 5/17/2006, 12:46 PM

•Re: Just talked to the NY Times about... · Keepskuh · 5/17/2006, 11:36 AM

•I don't want to sound snobbish but · Ylva · 5/17/2006, 12:26 PM

•Talking about name anagrams of "heaven"... · Pavlos · 5/17/2006, 5:39 AM

•Re: Just talked to the NY Times about... · ADT · 5/16/2006, 11:58 AM

•"Very American" was my first reacton to Nevaeh · Ylva · 5/16/2006, 10:38 AM

•Nevaeh in other languages. · Cleveland Kent Evans · 5/16/2006, 11:39 AM

•Sounds like "lemming" :) · Ylva · 5/17/2006, 12:13 PM

•Re: Nevaeh in other languages. · Mar · 5/16/2006, 5:36 PM

•Re: Nevaeh in other languages. · ADT · 5/16/2006, 6:07 PM

•Don't feed the troll, folks nt · Caprice · 5/18/2006, 9:33 AM

•"gendering = bad" · Lillian · 5/16/2006, 10:06 PM

•WTF? · Chrisell · 5/16/2006, 9:59 PM

•ADT · Mar · 5/16/2006, 6:28 PM

•WTF to you. O_o · ADT · 5/22/2006, 10:28 AM

•[Rocky for a pc girl] LOL ;) nt · Pavlos · 5/17/2006, 5:41 AM

•Re: ADT · ADT · 5/16/2006, 8:08 PM

•What about history and origin? · Ylva · 5/17/2006, 12:24 PM

•Hey, be careful with those suggestions :) · Ivayla · 5/16/2006, 5:51 PM

•Re: Nevaeh in other languages. · Caprice · 5/16/2006, 4:34 PM

•Re: Nevaeh in other languages. · Charlie Blue · 5/16/2006, 12:05 PM

•I think they look cute · Ylva · 5/17/2006, 12:19 PM

•Re: Nevaeh in other languages. · ADT · 5/16/2006, 11:59 AM

•Re: Just talked to the NY Times about... · Cleveland Kent Evans · 5/16/2006, 9:46 AM

•Re: Just talked to the NY Times about... · Anneza · 5/17/2006, 2:15 AM

•Re: Just talked to the NY Times about... · Cleveland Kent Evans · 5/18/2006, 10:34 AM

•Re: Just talked to the NY Times about... · Anneza · 5/15/2006, 11:02 PM

•Re: · mirfak · 5/16/2006, 10:42 AM

•I do have an opinion... · little_kit · 5/15/2006, 8:49 PM

•Re: I do have an opinion... · Chrisell · 5/15/2006, 10:23 PM

•Re: I do have an opinion... · Andy ;---) · 5/16/2006, 1:33 AM

•Re: I do have an opinion... · Chrisell · 5/16/2006, 2:49 AM

•Language Evolves · Siri · 5/18/2006, 11:52 AM

•Re: Language Evolves · Anneza · 5/18/2006, 10:55 PM

•I think she should meet the Fockers ;) nt · Pavlos · 5/24/2006, 2:21 PM

•Re: Language Evolves · Chrisell · 5/18/2006, 9:43 PM

•Get off it · Siri · 5/22/2006, 12:36 PM

•Ahh, Siri . . . · Chrisell · 5/22/2006, 6:23 PM

•C'est la guerre ! nt · Pavlos · 5/24/2006, 2:22 PM

•You're getting famous... · Siri · 5/15/2006, 6:30 PM

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