dave:
> As for Dunbar and Douglas (that well-known firm of lawyers) being cited in
> queer terms, well, ain't that a bugger?
Yeah. Odd that, but.
Wish I could crack it.
Bamjacked over the whole business.
A Total Mess.
I +think+ I've got it -- gay=queer comes out of a 16thC Scottish usage, then
is redefined in 1930s American slang.
But christ knows, I'm out of texts on this.
<sigh>
Rossum's Universal Androids.
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