tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post3541709070990597433..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Will Young and the Use of LanguageMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-70204118275534175832013-10-14T22:11:19.939+01:002013-10-14T22:11:19.939+01:00Gay is already no longer used in its original mean...Gay is already no longer used in its original meaning, therefore Mr Young is effectively demanding that it have only one meaning. Anyway, he's pissing against the wind, all euphemisms end up being used as the insults they try vainly to replace.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-57770643832045292352013-10-14T07:25:23.256+01:002013-10-14T07:25:23.256+01:00Hang about here.
Mr Young is not saying that the ...Hang about here.<br /><br />Mr Young is not saying that the word "gay" should no longer be used in its original meaning, what he said was that he didn't like it when words for "homosexual" (which includes the word "gay" as well as the word "homosexual") are routinely used as insults. <br /><br />So if the gays now decided they'd like to be described as "nimble" or "obscure" or any other adjective chosen at random, he would not want "nimble" or "obscure" to be used as a playground insult either. Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14761919583158744472013-10-13T21:47:00.320+01:002013-10-13T21:47:00.320+01:00TS, well quite, if Will Young wants only one meani...TS, well quite, if Will Young wants only one meaning for "gay", then so do I, except I want the original one. Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-1177438303366112422013-10-13T20:23:47.306+01:002013-10-13T20:23:47.306+01:00Bayard,
I don't have a problem with people us...Bayard,<br /><br />I don't have a problem with people using the term "gay" for "homosexual". I have a problem with people claiming it exclusively.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-4465784853988028732013-10-13T19:36:36.752+01:002013-10-13T19:36:36.752+01:00Interesting info from Wiki but there's more. T...Interesting info from Wiki but there's more. These uses of "gay" are different to the standard Scots use. When Scots use "gay" or ("gey" as it is usually spelled for Scots pronunciation) it can also mean "unusually" or "extraordinarily". So "That's gay big", or "You're gay sure of that". Or "He's a gay miserable creature". No idea how it relates to the other two meanings although you get the usual confusion over phrases like "The Gay Gordons" but there it is.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296053477905542366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-20826967692278528872013-10-13T17:28:42.443+01:002013-10-13T17:28:42.443+01:00Commenter and occasional blogger Bayard has said m...Commenter and occasional blogger Bayard has said more should be done to clamp down on the misuse of words as synonyms for "homosexual" in the language and the use of the word "gay" as one of them.<br />As someone who is old enough to have used "gay" in its original meaning, I'd like to have it back please.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.com