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Re: 4x2ReVu: 4950 Loader Dozer
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:14:46 GMT
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Fredrik Glockner wrote:
> 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
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. Also depends on the context: in spite of
the original poster's "no offence, but..." I got the impression he was
*trying* to be offensive. ("no offence", to me, usually means "I know
this is offensive but I'm going to say it anyway and I don't want to get
flamed for it")
Kevin
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| (...) That's entirely what my reading of the situation was too. Top kudos for *not* flaming him though - you showed infinately more restraint that I would have, had I caught this thread earlier. Richard (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 4950 Loader Dozer
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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