[senco-forum] words used wrongly

From: David Bowles <bowles.d at gmail.com>

yes, apparently it now means 'sad' as a derisory comment about someone

Kind Regards
Janice Wray
SENCO and Head of Learning Support
The Leventhorpe School
Herts

>From: David Bowles <bowles.d at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: David Bowles <bowles.d at gmail.com>
>To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [senco-forum] words used wrongly
>Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:01:06 +0100
>
>Alas the word 'gay' currently seems to be undergoing another
>transformation whereby it's increasingly being used by young people as
>a term of general derision unrelated to a person's sexuality.
>
>David Bowles
>
> > From: maggiedne at netscape.net
> >> What if half of the population suddenly insisted that  the
> >> colour at the top of the traffic lights was called 'green'
> >> , while  the rest persisted in calling it 'red'?  The
> >> instruction to 'stop when  the lights are red and go when
> >> the lights are green' would become  fraught with
> >> difficulty......
>
> > There was a period when the word 'gay' went through exactly
> > this kind of process.
>
> > I am sure that some children watching old episodes of 'The
> > Flintstones' are mystified by references to homosexuality in
> > the theme tune!
>
> > MArk
>
>
>
>

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