The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51259 Message #2878632
Posted By: MGM·Lion
03-Apr-10 - 05:56 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Over the Hills and Far Away / O'er the...
Subject: RE: Origins: Over the Hills and Far Away / O'er the...
No, Stallion ~~ you miss my point. The fact that 'bolt' has more than one meaning, both usable in any relevant context, has nothing to do with the fact that the word 'gay' can now be used in only one sense, & has lost its applications in any other ~~ which may still exist theoretically, but without being available without misunderstanding or resentment. That is what I mean when I say the word has been hijacked ~~ it has been, in effect, deprived in practical usage of all but one of its connotations.