05-13-2008, 01:41 PM
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Re: The American Family Association
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Originally Posted by bhkad
It's etymology may go back that far but gay was commonly used in regular culture to denote happiness even into the 1960's and 70's.
How old are you that you don't know this?
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Quite frankly, I never heard the word,gay, used in regular culture to denote happiness (except in Christmas songs) in my entire life. And I am 51.
The fact is that, by the 60s & 70s, the use of gay to denote happiness was archaic. Honestly, when was the last time you heard someone say something like "I am feeling gay today," meaning, "I feel happy"??
I have never seen or heard it used that way anywhere but in very old novels and in movies set in the early 20th century or before.
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