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Re: 4x2ReVu: 4950 Loader Dozer
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:07:29 GMT
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> writes:
> You may not realise that the term "homo" is generally taken to be
> offensive, even when prefaced by "no offence, but..."
I find that somewhat surprising. In Norway, the "correct" term is
"homofil", which is viewed as being somewhat clinical and hence is not
prefered. "Homo", as a short version of "homofil", on the other hand,
is commonly the prefered term in the gay scene. We also have a
"slang" word, "homse", which is more or less equivalent to "gay" in
English, I suppose. "Homse" was probably originally offensive, but
is now rather neutral.
Fredrik
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| (...) It's all a matter of usage. "homosexual" is the clinical term here, and I wouldn't be offended by that, but the shortened term "homo" has been used for so many years as a term of abuse that I think most N American gays would find it offensive. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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