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[Mateusz Marzantowicz]

On 25.04.2013 11:31, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
> On 04/25/2013 12:31 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 04/24/2013 04:11 PM, Roger wrote:
>>> Continuing to educate the masses is the only way that people will learn
>>> the real meaning.
>>
>> As you can see here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geezer, the original
>> meaning of the term Geezer, as still used in the UK, is significantly
>> different from how it's used in the US.  Should we also be trying to get
>> people to go back to that meaning?  For that matter, how about the term
>> geek: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek#Etymology  Language evolves, and
>> pretending that it doesn't isn't going to do anybody any good.  My
>> advice is to ignore it and move on.
>
> Exactly - go back to the middle ages and all children, whether male or
> female, were called 'girls'. A son was a 'knave girl' and a daughter a
> 'gay girl'.
>
> 'Gay' as the modern term started off as 'gai' in France and referred
> to 'courtly love'. It was later applied to promiscuous men and women
> in the UK before morphing in the 20th century to its present definition.
>
> Perhaps we should go back and educate the masses as to the "true"
> meanings of all these words too? :-)
>

I always knew I would learn English language with Linux. :-)


Mateusz Marzantowicz