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Thread #37513 Message #523509
Posted By: Bert
08-Aug-01 - 11:22 AM
Thread Name: Sexist lyric? Change it or ....?
Subject: RE: Sexist lyric? Change it or ....?
Mrrzy, men includes everyone, even nowadays. Gay does mean happy, well almost, for one can be happy but not necessarily gay.
And gross still means big, and momentarily does not mean soon, despite the fact that other people use the words differently. Of course, eventually ignorance will win out and these words will change, but that will only happen when a couple of generations have died out and the original meanings have been forgotten.