On 28 December 2011 10:06, john lewis <johnlewis@???> wrote:
> 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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> John Lewis
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I seem to recall a campaign by homosexuals (in San Francisco, I think) who
marched with the slogan "We're as good as you!" Many then and later carried
banners with the abbreviation GAY.
Chris
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