On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:48:59 -0000
"Mike Austin" <mja744@???> wrote:
> Perhaps this thread should become "What's In A Name?". Words often
> change their usage and, therefore, meaning. 50 years ago the word
> gay had a different meaning than now.
Perhaps in this case it wasn't a change of usage so much as adoption of
a Japanese word. Edmund de Waal mentions in his book (The Hare with
Amber Eyes, p298) that the word 'gei', written in roman script, was
in common usage during the American occupation of Japan after the end
of WW2.
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