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Originally Posted by Lucysgirl
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(1) The blog intimates that today's terminology is the same as that of bygone decades - this is not always the case. I mentioned the word gay because it was common when and where I grew up to have a gay time - they gaily played, etc., etc., etc. To the average person in the street it now has other common usage. There wasn't much point in my using a word which isn't in current use and/or the meaning hasn't changed.
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Maybe you could have mentioned "the Sunday joint" instead ... altho' I tend to indulge on a daily basis
'... It's safer than mentioning "gay", or, come to think of it, the name of Guy Gibson's dog.
