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 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
