Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: Nomenclature - G/H/L Message-ID: <674@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 18:38:37 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.674 Posted: Tue Aug 13 18:38:37 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 23:58:48 EDT References: <3507@decwrl.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 15 Summary: In article <3507@decwrl.UUCP> peterson@vaxwrk.DEC (Bob Peterson) writes: >And by the same token I object to "straight". But not too strenously since my >alternative "het" is kinda derogatory. "Straight" implies "right" and >not-straight not-right, in my ear. I think the opposite of "straight" is "bent", which is slang for homosexual in England and Austrailia but not commonly heard in the U.S. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe